千載一遇

せんざいいちぐう

once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

Also written 千載一隅、千載一偶

Meanings

No-adjective, Noun
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)Four-character idiom

Example sentences

これは私わたしの生涯しょうがいにとって千載一遇せんざいいちぐうの機会きかいだ。

This is the chance of a lifetime.
彼かれはその千載一遇せんざいいちぐうのチャンスを逃のがさなかった。

He wasn't about to pass up that once-in-a-lifetime chance.
いよいよ千載一遇せんざいいちぐうのチャンスがめぐってきた。

At last, a chance in a million arrived.