千載難逢

Chinese

		thousand	to carry; to convey; to load to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; and; also; as well as; simultaneously; year	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	every time; meet by chance
trad. (千載難逢)		千	載	難	逢
simp. (千载难逢)		千	载	难	逢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānzǎinánféng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄗㄞˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ zoi² naan⁴ fung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānzǎinánféng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄗㄞˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianzǎinánfóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-tsai³-nan²-fêng²
    • Yale: chyān-dzǎi-nán-féng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiantzaenanferng
    • Palladius: цяньцзайнаньфэн (cjanʹczajnanʹfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ zoi² naan⁴ fung⁴
    • Yale: chīn jói nàahn fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ dzoi² naan⁴ fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ zoi² nan⁴ fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯³⁵ naːn²¹ fʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

千載難逢

1. once in a blue moon; not occurring once in a thousand years

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 十年唔逢一閏／十年唔逢一闰