Characters
- 失 (失): to lose; to miss; to fail
- 之 (之): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 交 (交): to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect; variant of 跤[jiao1]
- 臂 (臂): arm
Resources
- Wiktionary: 失之交臂
- MDBG: 失之交臂
- Examples with 失之交臂 on Tatoeba
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