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生不逢时
shēng​bù​féng​shí

born at the wrong time

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 生 shēng verb
    to be born
    to be born; to come into being
  2. 不 bù adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. 逢 féng verbadverb
    to meet
    to meet; to come across; to encounter by chance
  4. 时 時 shí noun
    time
    time; a period of time; an era or age