千载难逢
qiān zǎi nán féng
Pinyin

Definition

千载难逢
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qiān zǎi nán féng
  1. extremely rare (idiom)
  2. once in a blue moon

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

千
qiān
  1. 1 thousand
千万
qiān wàn
  1. 1 ten million
  2. 2 countless
  3. 3 many
  4. 4 one must by all means
千军万马
qiān jūn wàn mǎ
  1. 1 magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
  2. 2 all the King's horses and all the King's men
千亿
qiān yì
  1. 1 myriads
  2. 2 hundred billion
千千万万
qiān qiān wàn wàn
  1. 1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 thousands upon thousands
千古
qiān gǔ
  1. 1 for all eternity
  2. 2 throughout all ages
千岛湖
Qiān dǎo Hú
  1. 1 Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
千年
qiān nián
  1. 1 millennium
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
  1. 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
千疮百孔
qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng
  1. 1 see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng]
千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
  1. 1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
  2. 2 talking nonstop
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
千金
qiān jīn
  1. 1 thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold
  2. 2 money and riches
  3. 3 (honorific) invaluable (support)
  4. 4 (honorific) daughter
大千世界
dà qiān shì jiè
  1. 1 great wide world
  2. 2 marvelously diverse world
  3. 3 (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè])
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
几千
jǐ qiān
  1. 1 several thousand
成千上万
chéng qiān shàng wàn
  1. 1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 thousands upon thousands
相逢
xiāng féng
  1. 1 to meet (by chance)
  2. 2 to come across
绝处逢生
jué chǔ féng shēng
  1. 1 to come back from death's door (idiom); unexpected rescue from danger
  2. 2 fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation
  3. 3 to find a way out of a predicament
万千
wàn qiān
  1. 1 myriad
  2. 2 multitudinous
  3. 3 multifarious

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一掷千金
yī zhì qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
  2. 2 extravagant
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一诺千金
yī nuò qiān jīn
  1. 1 a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
千依百顺
qiān yī bǎi shùn
  1. 1 totally submissive (idiom)
千千万万
qiān qiān wàn wàn
  1. 1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 thousands upon thousands
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
  1. 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
  1. 1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
千姿百态
qiān zī bǎi tài
  1. 1 in different poses and with different expressions
  2. 2 in thousands of postures (idiom)
千家万户
qiān jiā wàn hù
  1. 1 every family (idiom)
千虑一失
qiān lu:4 yī shī
  1. 1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
  1. 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què
  1. 1 absolutely true (idiom)
  2. 2 manifold
  3. 3 true from many points of view
千篇一律
qiān piān yī lu:4
  1. 1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
  2. 2 once you've seen one, you've seen them all

Sample Sentences

唉，说到这个就难过，被邀请上台的竟然是我旁边的女生！这千载难逢的机会竟然不是我！
ǎi ，shuōdào zhè ge jiù nánguò ，bèi yāoqǐng shàngtái de jìngrán shì wǒ pángbiān de nǚshēng ！zhè qiānzǎinánféng de jīhuì jìngrán búshì wǒ ！
Ah, talking of that it's a little sad, it was actually the girl next to me that got invited on stage! I missed out on the opportunity of a lifetime!
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这可真是千载难逢的商机。相信以后就会有更多国内外知名的物流、货代和进出口贸易的企业汇聚于此了。
zhè kě zhēnshì qiānzǎinánféng de shāngjī 。xiāngxìn yǐhòu jiù huì yǒu gèngduō guónèiwài zhīmíng de wùliú 、huòdài hé jìnchūkǒu màoyì de qǐyè huìjù yúcǐ le 。
This is really a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity. I'm sure that there will be even more shipping of famous domestic and international brands and a concentration of import/export and trade companies here.
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