Word information
Simplified生不逢时
Traditional生不逢時
Pinyinshēng bù féng shí
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Chinese word dictionary
生不逢时
shēng bù féng shí · born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate); born under an unlucky star; ahead of his time
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