TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
機會
ㄐㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ · jīhuì
noun — opportunity; chance
字源 FORM — what the parts do
機machine; mechanism; key moment (機器的機)jī木(wood) + 幾(phonetic jǐ→jī; minute/subtle — a tiny motion) — a wooden loom where the critical thread-movement is the key; subtle mechanism
會to meet; occasion; can (開會的會)huì亼(three lines converging from above — gathering) + 曾(phonetic céng→huì, drift; layers = accumulation) — things converging to meet
機會，機器的機，開會的會。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
木機（木→機中的木）轉到那個微妙時刻（幾→機中的幾），剛好人與人相會（亼→會中的亼）——那叫機會。
The wooden mechanism (木 in 機) turning to the subtle critical point (幾 in 機), just as things converge (亼 in 會) — that is 機會.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
時shíjītiming/opportunity — the same ; emphasis on the moment遇jīyùchance/opportunity — near-synonym, slightly more formal