良机 (liáng jī) — good opportunity; golden chance

Definition

A formal, written term for a 'good opportunity / golden chance' — stronger and more literary than the everyday 机会, often used in set phrases like 稍纵即逝.

noun
good opportunitygolden chance

Examples

  • 良机。
    Zhè shì yí gè nán dé de liáng jī.
    This is a rare good opportunity.
  • 良机,。
    liáng jī Shāo zòng jí shì, nǐ yào zhuā zhù tā.
    Good opportunities are fleeting; you must seize them.
  • 良机,。
    Tā zhuā zhù le zhè ge liáng jī, shì yè zhēng zhēng rì shàng.
    He seized this good opportunity, and his career is thriving.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

机jīopportunity

良 means good, and 机 means opportunity; together they describe a golden chance.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

良 possibly depicts corridors and a room.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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