时运 (shí yùn) — luck, fortune (especially of a period or one's life circumstances)
Definition
时运 refers to the luck or fortune of a period in one's life (时运不济, 时运亨通), not ordinary day-to-day luck. In modern Chinese it mostly appears in these set phrases to talk about whether times are favorable or unfavorable.
noun
luckfortune (especially of a period or one's life circumstances)
Examples
- 时运，。Tā zuì jìn shí yùn bú jì, zuò shén me dōu bú shùn lì.He's been unlucky lately; nothing goes smoothly.
- 时运，。Rén rén dōu xī wàng shí yùn hēng tōng, shì yè yǒu chéng.Everyone hopes for good fortune and career success.
- 时运，。Gǔ rén rèn wéi shí yùn yóu tiān dìng, fēi rén lì kě gǎi.Ancient people believed that fortune is determined by heaven and cannot be changed by human effort.
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