生不逢时
Traditional form:
生不逢時
Pinyin (reading):
shēngbùféngshí
Definitions:
- born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)
- born under an unlucky star
- ahead of his time
Characters:
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 逢 - to happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
- 时 - time, season; period, era, age
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