流年不利 — Chinese idiom

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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