交臂失之

Chinese

			to lose; to miss; to fail	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (交臂失之)		交臂	失	之
simp. ^#(交臂失之)		交臂	失	之

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāobìshīzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ bei³ sat¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāobìshīzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiaobìshihjhih
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹-pi⁴-shih¹-chih¹
  - Yale: jyāu-bì-shr̄-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaubihshyjy
  - Palladius: цзяобишичжи (czjaobišičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau¹ bei³ sat¹ zi¹
  - Yale: gāau bei sāt jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ bei³ sat⁷ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ béi³ sed¹ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³³ sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

交臂失之

to narrowly miss a golden opportunity (to meet someone etc.)

Synonyms

失之交臂 (shīzhījiāobì)

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