shī zhī jiāo bì

失之交臂 (shī zhī jiāo bì) is a Chinese word meaning “to miss narrowly; to let a great opportunity slip”.

Meanings

  1. 1to miss narrowly
  2. 2to let a great opportunity slip

Characters in 失之交臂

失shī · to lose之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])交jiāo · to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over臂bì · arm

Related words

之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind失去to lose之间(after a noun) between; among; amid交to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over消失to disappear; to fade away失踪to be missing之一one of (sth)交易to deal; to trade; to transact失望disappointed失败to be defeated

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