ちょう
長
だ
蛇
　
を
いっ
逸
　
す

expression, Godan verb

Also 〜する.
  1. to miss a big chance, to miss a good opportunity, to let one's enemy slip away.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ちょう
長
だ
蛇
　
を
いっ
逸
　
す
 長蛇を逸す ちょうだをいっす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

long, leader, superior
チョウ　なが.い　おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment, (衣 variant)
snake, serpent, hard drinker
ジャ　へび　ダ (Early High School, N1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
other
タ　へび (Kentei 1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
deviate, idleness, leisure
そ.れる　イツ　いっ (Early High School, N1)
excuse, dismissal
メン　まぬか.れる　まぬが.れる (Late Jr. High, N1)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
device, tool, utensil
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)