"Opportunity" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jī huì opportunity / chance / occasion / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shí jī fortunate timing / occasion / opportunity
 jī yù opportunity / favorable circumstance / stroke of luck
 qì jī opportunity / turning point / juncture
 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
 jī yuán chance / opportunity / destiny
 jì yù circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise) / stroke of luck / opportunity
 jī machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic / CL:臺|台[tai2]
 yù to meet / to encounter / to treat / to receive / opportunity / chance
 jì huì opportunity / chance
 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency
 shāng jī business opportunity / commercial opportunity
 cuò guò to miss (train, opportunity etc)
 dài jī to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby
 shēng jī opportunity to live / to reprieve from death / life force / vitality
 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret
 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement / a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
 wú yuán to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
 chèn jī to seize an opportunity / to take advantage of situation
 shùn shì to take advantage / to seize an opportunity / in passing / without taking extra trouble / conveniently
 chéng jī to take the opportunity / to take a plane
 liáng jī a good chance / a golden opportunity
 cā jiān ér guò to brush past / to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc) / to have a brush (with death)
 xiān jī key moment / decisive opportunity
 jiè jī to seize the opportunity
 sì jī to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance
 yìng yùn ér shēng to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion
 jiù yè jī huì employment opportunity / job opening
 chéng fēng to ride the wind / to use a fair wind / to take an opportunity
 chèn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
 chéng shì to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot
 chèn shì to take advantage of a favorable situation / to seize an opportunity
 jiè shì to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
 shī zhī jiāo bì to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
 yǒu jī kě chéng to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom)
 tóu jī qǔ qiǎo to seize every opportunity / to be full of tricks
 zuān kòng zi lit. to drill a hole / to take advantage of a loophole / to exploit an advantage / to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
 gǎn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
 xún jī to look for an opportunity
 chéng xì to seize an opportunity / to exploit (a loophole)
 zuò shī liáng jī to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance
 chá kǒu harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity
 còu to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity
 zé (interj. of admiration or of disgust) / to click one's tongue / to attempt to (find an opportunity to) speak
 chá stubble land after crop has been taken / a second crop obtained by rotation of land / an opportunity
 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
 yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents
 zuò shī jī yí to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance
 yìng jī lì duàn to act on an opportunity (idiom) / to take prompt advantage of a situation
怀 huái cái bù yù to have talent but no opportunity (idiom) / to be an unrecognized talent
 wú kǒng bù zuān lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom) / to latch on to every opportunity
 liáng chén jí rì fine time, lucky day (idiom) / fig. good opportunity
 jiàn jī xíng shì see the opportunity and act (idiom) / to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion
 yàn guò bá máo lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
 luán piāo fèng bó lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential
 zūn shí yǎng huì to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
 yù shì shēng fēng to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom)
 jiāo bì shī zhī to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity
 sì xì to wait for the opportunity
 zuò shī to let sth slip by / to miss an opportunity
 róng jī opportunity for a fight / war
 zhǎo jī huì to look for an opportunity
 jī bù kě shī , shí bù zài lái Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
 jī huì dài lái chéng gōng Opportunity brings success. (idiom)
 jī huì chéng běn opportunity cost
 jī yùn chance and opportunity
 jiàn fèng jiù zuān lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity
 qù jī huì to watch for an opportunity
 shùn fēng chē vehicle that gives one a free ride / (fig.) (ride on sb's) coattails / (take advantage of) an opportunity
SWOT分  strength, weakness, opportunity and threat analysis / SWOT analysis
  Human Opportunity Index
 lín shí jī chǎng opportunity airfield
  Corporation of Opportunity and Joint Action
  African Growth and Opportunity Act
  Digital Opportunity Initiative
 yì wài mù biāo target of opportunity
  equal opportunity / equal employment opportunity
  equal opportunity / equal employment opportunity
  ICT Development Index / Digital Opportunity Index
  ICT Development Index / Digital Opportunity Index
  Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers / Migrant Workers Convention
 xī wàng zhī chuāng window of opportunity
  photo opportunity
  strength, weakness, opportunity and threat analysis / SWOT analysis
  indirect opportunity cost
  social opportunity cost
  Minister for Family and Equal Opportunity
  Plan of Action on equality of opportunity and treatment of men and women in employment
  Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers
  International Council for Equality of Opportunity Principles, Inc.
  Regional Symposium on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in Employment in Europe
  United Nations Panel on Opportunity and Participation
  Equal Opportunity Commission
  Year of Employment Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities
 zǒu bǎo to miss an opportunity (Cantonese)
 kàn zhǔn jī huì to watch for an opportunity / to see one's chance to
便 chèn biàn to take the opportunity / in passing
 zuò qiú to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
 jī bù kě shī , shī bù zài lái opportunity knocks but once (idiom)
 wān dào chāo chē to overtake on a bend (driving) / (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
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