这可是千载难逢的绝佳机会
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所有人都会待在此处
“for the next 2 hours.”
这可是 千载难逢 的 绝佳 机会
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
这么多字
“At this rate, just copying all of this down”
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—we can't afford to miss it.”
Derived from classical Chinese (where 'zai' means 'year'), this idiom illustrates the Chinese rhetorical convention of using extreme numbers ('qian zai' or a thousand years) to emphasize utmost rarity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
occurring once in a thousand years; once-in-a-lifetime or extremely rare
An advanced formal idiom commonly used in spoken discourse to emphatically highlight an exceptionally rare opportunity or stroke of luck, often modifying nouns like 'opportunity' or 'chance'.
a golden opportunity; a superb or prime chance
A common collocation where 'jue jia' modifies nouns such as opportunity, timing, or location, conveying a much stronger degree than simply 'very good'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
“a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
“a truly once-in-a-lifetime moment.”
“It's a rare opportunity.”
“This is a golden opportunity.”