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失之交臂
shī zhī jiāo bì
What 失之交臂 means
- to miss narrowly
- to let a great opportunity slip
The characters in 失之交臂
- 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
- 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
- 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
- 臂bìarm
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