十年九不遇
shí​nián​jiǔ​bù​yù

to be extremely rare

  • created sense approved 十年九不遇 · shí​nián​jiǔ​bù​yù · to be extremely rare — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十年九不遇

    shí​nián​jiǔ​bù​yù

    to be extremely rare

    Describes something that is very seldom seen or hardly ever encountered over a long period of time; very rare

    十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 九 (literal) → 九 · jiǔ · many 不遇 (literal) → 不遇 · bù​yù · to not meet

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense