Definition
转运 has two common and unrelated meanings. In logistics and transportation, it means 'to transfer cargo from one vehicle to another' (transship). In everyday conversation, it means 'one's luck takes a turn for the better' — a reversal of fortune. The second sense is often used in phrases like 转了运 or 转运了, and carries a hopeful, colloquial tone. Neither sense is bound by a special grammar pattern, but the two meanings are distinct enough that context is crucial.
v.
to transfer cargoto transship(of luck) to take a turn for the betterto have a change of fortune
Examples
- 转运。Zhè pī huòwù xūyào zài Shànghǎi zhuǎn yùn dào chuán shàng.This batch of goods needs to be transshipped onto a ship in Shanghai.
- 转运,。Tā zuìjìn zhōngyú zhuǎn yùn le, zhǎodào le hǎo gōngzuò.He finally had a turn of luck recently and found a good job.
- 转运,。Xīwàng míngnián wǒ néng zhuǎn yùn, yíqiè shùnlì.I hope I can have a change of fortune next year and everything goes smoothly.
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