机不可失，失不再来

jī bù kě shī , shī bù zài lái

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1. opportunity knocks but once (idiom)

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Child Words of 机不可失，失不再来

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不再 不再 bù zài: no more
• 来 来 lái: to come
• 再 再 zài: again; once more; re-
• 可 可 kě: can
• 不可 不可 bù kě: cannot; should not; must not
• 失 失 shī: to lose
• 机 机 jī: (bound form) machine; mechanism
• 机不可失 机不可失 jī bù kě shī: No time to lose! (idiom)