生不逢时

Traditional: 生不逢時

shēng bù féng shí

Dictionary entry

born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)

What does 生不逢时 mean?

生不逢时 (shēng bù féng shí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)

2born under an unlucky star

3ahead of his time

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生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-逢féngto meet by chance · to come across 时shíold variant of 時|时[shi2]

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生不逢时

shēng bù féng shí

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