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): ㄑㄧㄢㄗㄞˇ ㄧㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānzǎiyīyù [Phonetic: qiānzǎiyíyù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄗㄞˇ ㄧㄩˋ
  - 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

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nd͡za̠iit͡ɕiɡɯ̟ː]

Noun

千(せん)載(ざい)一(いち)遇(ぐう) • (senzaiichigū)

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN