坐失机宜 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to sit and waste a good opportunity ; to lose the chance

Character by character

• 坐zuòseat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
• 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 机jīdesk; machine; moment, opportunity
• 宜yífitting, proper, right; what one should do

Idioms sharing a character

• 坐不垂堂 zuò bù chuí táng
• 坐井观天 zuò jǐng guān tiān
• 坐享其成 zuò xiǎng qí chéng
• 坐以待毙 zuò yǐ dài bì
• 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
• 坐失良机 zuò shī liáng jī
• 坐收渔利 zuò shōu yú lì
• 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān
• 坐立难安 zuò lì nán ān
• 坐而论道 zuò ér lùn dào

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