生不逢时生不逢時

shēng bù féng shí

Meaning

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

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生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth一土不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一逢féngto happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence辶夆时shítime, season; period, era, age日寸