千載一遇

See also: 千载一遇

Chinese

		millennium; a long time	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	meet with
trad. (千載一遇)		千載	一	遇
simp. (千载一遇)		千载	一	遇
Literally: “single encounter in a millennium”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānzǎiyīyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄗㄞˇ ㄧ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānzǎiyīyù [Phonetic: qiānzǎiyíyù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄗㄞˇ ㄧ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianzǎiyiyù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-tsai³-i¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: chyān-dzǎi-yī-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiantzaeiyuh
    • Palladius: цяньцзайиюй (cjanʹczajijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ y⁵¹/

Idiom

千載一遇

1. once in a lifetime

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	載	一	遇
せん Grade: 1	ざい Grade: S	いち Grade: 1	ぐう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Literally "to encounter once in a thousand years"

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんざいいちぐう [sèńzáííchígúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nd͡za̠iit͡ɕiɡɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

千(せん)載(ざい)一(いち)遇(ぐう) • (senzaiichigū) 

1. once in a lifetime

   千載一遇(せんざいいちぐう)のチャンス

   senzaiichigū no chansu

   a once-in-a-lifetime chance