时来运转

時來運轉
shílái-yùnzhuǎn
idiom #23,582

Meanings

  1. 1 fortune smiles at last
  2. 2 luck turns around
  3. 3 one's time has come
  4. 4 a lucky break after hardship

Examples

HSK 6
Bié huīxīn, xiāngxìn zìjǐ zǒng yǒu shíláiyùnzhuǎn de nà yī tiān.
Don't be discouraged. Believe that your lucky day will come.
HSK 7-9
Tā fèndòu duōnián, zhōngyú shíláiyùnzhuǎn, shìyè téngfēi.
After years of hard work, fortune finally smiled on him and his career took off.

Tips

memory
时 (time) + 来 (comes) + 运 (fortune) + 转 (turns) - "when the time comes, fortune turns." It is an optimistic phrase used to encourage someone going through a rough patch.

Stroke Order

时 shí
来 lái
运 yùn
转 zhuǎn