流年不利 — Chinese idiom
流年不利
liú nián bù lì
Meaning
- the year's horoscope augurs ill ; an unlucky year
Character by character
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
Idioms sharing a character
- 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
- 口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán
- 同流合污 tóng liú hé wū
- 对答如流 duì dá rú liú
- 屁滚尿流 pì gǔn niào liú
- 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī
- 从善如流 cóng shàn rú liú
- 从谏如流 cóng jiàn rú liú
- 投鞭断流 tóu biān duàn liú
- 星流霆击 xīng liú tíng jī
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