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生不逢时

shēng bù féng shí

4-character word Traditional 生不逢時

What 生不逢时 means

1. born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)
2. born under an unlucky star
3. ahead of his time

The characters in 生不逢时

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 逢féngto meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along
• 时shío'clock; time; when