时运 [時運] - circumstances, fate - shí yùn | Definition | ChinesePod.com

时运 (時運)

shí yùn

Pinyin

Definition

时运 (時運)

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shí yùn

circumstances
fate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tóng shí

1 at the same time
2 simultaneously

Dà yùn

1 Mandate of Heaven
2 the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
3 usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]

hǎo yùn

1 good luck

xiǎo shí

1 hour
2 classifier: 个 gè

xiǎo shí hou

1 in one's childhood

Idioms (20)

不识时务

bù shí shí wù

1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
2 not amenable to reason

不识时变

bù shí shí biàn

1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
2 not amenable to reason

俗随时变

sú suí shí biàn

1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
2 O Tempora, O Mores!

切中时弊

qiè zhòng shí bì

1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
2 to hit the nub of the matter

切中时病

qiè zhòng shí bìng

1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)

Sample Sentences

我呀，最近时运不济，感冒已经快一个月了，都不见好转，而且老板好像最近看我不顺眼，连蚊子都”叮”上我，痒死我了。

wǒ ya ，zuìjìn shíyùnbùjì ，gǎnmào yǐjīng kuài yī ge yuè le ，dōu bù jiàn hǎozhuǎn ，érqiě lǎobǎn hǎoxiàng zuìjìn kàn wǒ bù shùnyǎn ，lián wénzi dōu ”dīng ”shàng wǒ ，yǎng sǐ wǒ le 。

Me? Recently luck hasn't been on my side. I've had a cold for a month already, and it hasn't gotten any better, and my boss seems to be taking issue with me recently. Even mosquitoes have been picking on me, making me itch like crazy.

真心不骗！这下子，蚊子叮咬的问题解决了，感冒也治疗好了，就差你时运不济的问题，稍微棘手一点。

zhēnxīn bù piàn ！zhèxiàzi ，wénzi dīngyǎo de wèntí jiějué le ，gǎnmào yě zhìliáo hǎo le ，jiù chà nǐ shíyùnbùjì de wèntí ，shāowēi jíshǒu yīdiǎn 。

I'm really not lying! Now, we've resolved your mosquito bite problem, and we've cured your cold, now we're just left with luck not going your way. That's a little more tricky.