坐失机宜
Traditional form:
坐失機宜
Pinyin (reading):
zuòshījīyí
Definitions:
- to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
Characters:
- 坐 - seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
- 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 机 - desk; machine; moment, opportunity
- 宜 - fitting, proper, right; what one should do
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