机不可失 — Chinese idiom
机不可失
jī bù kě shī
Traditional: 機不可失
Meaning
- No time to lose!
Character by character
- 机jīdesk; machine; moment, opportunity
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
Idioms sharing a character
- 一线生机 yī xiàn shēng jī
- 危机四伏 wēi jī sì fú
- 可乘之机 kě chéng zhī jī
- 坐失机宜 zuò shī jī yí
- 坐失良机 zuò shī liáng jī
- 应机立断 yìng jī lì duàn
- 有机可乘 yǒu jī kě chéng
- 泄漏天机 xiè lòu tiān jī
- 泄露天机 xiè lù tiān jī
- 漏泄天机 lòu xiè tiān jī
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