粵

千cin1載zoi2難naan4逢fung4

simp千载难逢
cin1 zoi2 naan4 fung4qiān zǎi nán féng

English

  1. extremely rare (idiom)
  2. extremely rare; once in a lifetime; literally: so rare that it might not appear in a thousand years
  3. once in a blue moon

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 就算喺一千年入面,都未必有一次,比喻非常罕有

Examples

  • 一個千載難逢嘅機會

    a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

  • 你所要做的便是好好把握這千載難逢的機會。

    All you have to do is take advantage of this rare opportunity.

    Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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