坐失良机
zuò shī liáng jī
Pinyin

Definition

坐失良机
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zuò shī liáng jī
  1. to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坐
Zuò
  1. 1 surname Zuo
失去
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
失败
shī bài
  1. 1 to be defeated
  2. 2 to lose
  3. 3 to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. 4 failure
  5. 5 defeat
  6. 6 CL:次[cì]
失望
shī wàng
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 to lose hope
  3. 3 to despair
失眠
shī mián
  1. 1 to suffer from insomnia
消失
xiāo shī
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to fade away
不良
bù liáng
  1. 1 bad
  2. 2 harmful
  3. 3 unhealthy
丢失
diū shī
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 lost
乘坐
chéng zuò
  1. 1 to ride (in a vehicle)
优良
yōu liáng
  1. 1 fine
  2. 2 good
  3. 3 first-rate
善良
shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
丧失
sàng shī
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to forfeit
坐下
zuò xia
  1. 1 to sit down
坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
坐车
zuò chē
  1. 1 to take the car, bus, train etc
坐骑
zuò qí
  1. 1 saddle horse
  2. 2 mount
失
shī
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to miss
  3. 3 to fail
失信
shī xìn
  1. 1 to break a promise
失利
shī lì
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to suffer defeat
失地
shī dì
  1. 1 to lose land
  2. 2 dispossessed

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
人有失手，马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
千虑一失
qiān lu:4 yī shī
  1. 1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
丧尽天良
sàng jìn tiān liáng
  1. 1 devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
坐不垂堂
zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
坐井观天
zuò jǐng guān tiān
  1. 1 lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
坐享其成
zuò xiǎng qí chéng
  1. 1 to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
坐以待毙
zuò yǐ dài bì
  1. 1 to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
  1. 1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
坐失机宜
zuò shī jī yí
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
坐失良机
zuò shī liáng jī
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu
  1. 1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
  2. 2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
坐立难安
zuò lì nán ān
  1. 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
坐而论道
zuò ér lùn dào
  1. 1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)

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