失之交臂
shīzhī-jiāobì
to just miss (an opportunity)
Every meaning
shīzhī-jiāobì
- to just miss (an opportunity)
Its characters
- 失shīto lose
- 之zhī(particle) of; 's (literary 的)
- 交jiāoto hand over; to hand in
- 臂bìarm
Words with 失
Words with 之
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.