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时来运转

shí lái yùn zhuǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
the time comes, fortune turns (idiom) / to have a lucky break / things change for the better
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-fc51ef23dbc1abdb. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

時來運轉 时来运转 [shi2 lai2 yun4 zhuan3] /the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break/things change for the better/

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Other forms in these source records: 時來運轉

  • 时
    shí

    (bound form) time / hour / period / season / (after a numeral) o'clock / hour(s) / (after a verb phrase or clause) when / while

    Shí

    surname Shi

  • 来
    lái

    to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[huí lai]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zì gǔ yǐ lái]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lái shì]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[dé] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tán de lái], or after 不[bù] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chī bu lái])

  • 运
    yùn

    to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate

  • 转
    zhuǎi

    see 轉文|转文[zhuǎi wén]

    zhuǎn

    to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)

    zhuàn

    to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.