4 characters Idiom and proverb 10 151

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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「身不遇時」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

It means that you haven’t encountered a good opportunity.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēn bù yù shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san1 bat1 yu6 si4

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