千載一遇

せんざいいちぐう

Also written 千載一隅

Meanings

1. の-adjective, Noun once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

Kanji

• 千 thousand. Read as セン.
• 載 carry. Read as サイ.
• 一 one. Read as イチ.
• 遇 treat. Read as グウ.

Example sentences

• これは私の生涯にとって千載一遇の機会だ。
  This is the chance of a lifetime.
• 彼はその千載一遇のチャンスを逃さなかった。
  He wasn't about to pass up that once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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