- born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)
- born under an unlucky star
- ahead of his time
Characters
- 生 (生): to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 逢 (逢): to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- 时 (旹): old variant of 時|时[shi2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 生不逢时
- MDBG: 生不逢时
- Examples with 生不逢时 on Tatoeba
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