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机不可失，失不再来

jī bù kě shī , shī bù zài lái

9-character word Traditional 機不可失，失不再來

What 机不可失，失不再来 means

1. opportunity knocks but once (idiom)

The characters in 机不可失，失不再来

• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

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