坐失機宜

简 坐失机宜 · 繁 坐失機宜
Mandarin · pinyin zuò shī jī yí

Meanings

  1. to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
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坐
zuò · sit; seat; ride, travel by
失
shī · lose; make mistake, neglect
機
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宜
yí · suitable, right, fitting, proper
机
jī · desk; machine; moment
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4–1–1–2 · zuo4 shi1 ji1 yi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zo6 sat1 gei1 ji4

Cantonese word readings for 坐失機宜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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zo6 sat1 gei1 ji4

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