bǎiniánbùyù

百年不遇

Word · Idiom

once in a hundred years; rare

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Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples
1.

idiom

extremely rare; once in a century

formal

Commonly used in formal writing, news reports, and formal speeches to emphasize the rarity of an event or situation.

Dāng当
dì地
cūn村
mín民
cóng从
wèi未
jiàn见
guò过
bǎi百
nián年
bù不
yù遇
de的
rì日
quán全
shí食
 。

Local villagers have never seen a total solar eclipse that occurs once in a hundred years.