风水轮流转 (風水輪流轉)
fēng shuǐ lún liú zhuàn
Pinyin

Definition

风水轮流转 (風水輪流轉)
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fēng shuǐ lún liú zhuàn
  1. fortunes rise and fall
  2. times change

Related Words (20)

jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

Sample Sentences

你俩少在那边说风凉话,风水轮流转,我去上个厕所,回来再跟你们周旋。
nǐ liǎ shǎo zài nàbiān shuō fēngliánghuà ,fēng shuǐlúnliú zhuǎn ,wǒ qù shàng gè cèsuǒ ,huílai zài gēn nǐmen zhōuxuán 。
You two can sneer all you like, but lady luck is fickle. I'm going to the toilet, I'll deal with you when I get back.
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