千載一遇

See also: 千载一遇

Chinese
millennium; a long time
 
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 meet with
trad. (千載一遇) 千載 一 遇
simp. (千载一遇) 千载 一 遇
Literally: “single encounter in a millennium”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

千載一遇

  1. once in a lifetime

Japanese
Kanji in this term
千 載 一 遇
せん
Grade: 1		 ざい
Grade: S		 いち
Grade: 1		 ぐう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Literally "to encounter once in a thousand years"

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せんざいいちぐう [sèńzáííchígúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞nd͡za̠iit͡ɕiɡɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

千(せん)載(ざい)一(いち)遇(ぐう) • (senzaiichigū) 

  1. once in a lifetime
    千載一遇(せんざいいちぐう)のチャンス
    senzaiichigū no chansu
    a once-in-a-lifetime chance

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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