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坐失机宜

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4-character word Traditional 坐失機宜

What 坐失机宜 means

1. to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

The characters in 坐失机宜

• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 宜yíproper; should; suitable