千载难逢

千載難逢

qiānzǎinánféng

idiom #13,810

Meanings

1 extremely rare
2 once in a blue moon
3 once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity)

Characters

year (literary)

difficult; hard

to meet; to encounter

Examples

这是一个千载难逢的好机会。

Zhè shì yī gè qiānzǎinánféng de hǎo jīhuì.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

千载难逢的日食吸引了大批游客。

Qiānzǎinánféng de rìshí xīyǐn le dàpī yóukè.

The extremely rare solar eclipse attracted large crowds of tourists.

Tips

memory

千 (thousand) + 载 (years) + 难 (hard) + 逢 (to encounter) — 'hard to encounter in a thousand years'. A powerful way to express rarity.

Stroke Order

千 qiān

载 zǎi

难 nán

逢 féng