机不可失
jī​bù​kě​shī

don't let an opportunity slip by

  • created sense approved 机不可失/機不可失 · jī​bù​kě​shī · don't let an opportunity slip by — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    机不可失 / 機不可失

    jī​bù​kě​shī

    don't let an opportunity slip by

    (idiom) good opportunities are hard to come by and must not be missed; no time to lose; now or never

    机 (literal) → 机/機 · jī · opportunity 不可 (literal) → 不可 · bù​kě · cannot 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to miss

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

    created sense