胜率 勝率 shèng lǜ (sports) win rate / winning percentage / probability of winning 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that syn 无缘 無緣 wú yuán to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc 恰巧 qià qiǎo by chance / as chance would have it syn 不期而遇 bù qī ér yù meet by chance / have a chance encounter syn 一线生机 一線生機 yī xiàn - shēng jī (idiom) a chance of survival / a fighting chance / a ray of hope 绝杀 絕殺 jué shā to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc) / to score the winning point 上风 上風 shàng fēng on the up / currently winning / rising (in popularity etc) 优胜 優勝 yōu shèng (of a contestant) winning / superior / excellent syn 音乐之声 音樂之聲 yīn yuè zhī shēng The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) 摇奖 搖獎 yáo jiǎng to draw the winning ticket (in a lottery) 魏巍 wèi wēi Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 東方|东方[Dong1fang1] about the Korean war 不分胜败 不分勝敗 bù fēn shèng bài to not be able to distinguish who's winning 剑走偏锋 劍走偏鋒 jiàn zǒu piān fēng the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit 剑走蜻蛉 劍走蜻蛉 jiàn zǒu qīng líng the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit 宝葫芦的秘密 寶葫蘆的秘密 bǎo hú lu de mì mì Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4] 张天翼 張天翼 zhāng tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4] 得中 dé zhòng (as in an imperial examination) to be a successful candidate / to draw a winning ticket (in a lottery) 蒋雯丽 蔣雯麗 jiǎng wén lì Jiang Wenli (1969-), award-winning PRC film actress 连战连胜 連戰連勝 lián zhàn lián shèng fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom) / ever victorious 电积金属法 電積金屬法 electro-winning 电解提取 電解提取 electro-winning 承让 承讓 chéng ràng you let me win (said politely after winning a game) 听牌 聽牌 tīng pái (mahjong) to be one tile away from completing a hand / (sports) to be on the verge of winning 自摸 zì mō (mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile / (slang) to play with oneself / to masturbate 兑奖 兌獎 duì jiǎng to cash in a winning ticket / to redeem a prize 机会 機會 jī huì opportunity / chance / occasion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 偶然 ǒu rán incidentally / occasional / occasionally / by chance / randomly syn 万一 萬一 wàn yī just in case / if by any chance / contingency syn 缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny syn 附带 附帶 fù dài supplementary / incidentally / in parentheses / by chance / in passing / additionally / secondary / subsidiary / to attach syn 赶上 趕上 gǎn shàng to keep up with / to catch up with / to overtake / to chance upon / in time for syn 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance) / to come across syn 邂逅 xiè hòu (literary) to meet sb by chance / to run into sb syn 良机 良機 liáng jī a good chance / a golden opportunity 缘份 緣份 yuán fèn also written 緣分|缘分 / fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny 错失 錯失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance) syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 机缘 機緣 jī yuán chance / opportunity / destiny syn 伺机 伺機 sì jī to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance syn 正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune syn 碰巧 pèng qiǎo by chance / by coincidence / to happen to syn 凑巧 湊巧 còu qiǎo fortuitously / luckily / as chance has it syn 没戏 沒戲 méi xì (coll.) not a chance / no way / hopeless syn 碰运气 碰運氣 pèng yùn qi to try one's luck / to leave sth to chance 刚巧 剛巧 gāng qiǎo by chance / by coincidence / by good luck syn 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 末班车 末班車 mò bān chē last bus or train / last chance 萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom) syn 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn 偶然性 ǒu rán xìng chance / fortuity / serendipity 押宝 押寶 yā bǎo to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck 眼福 yǎn fú a treat for the eyes / the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful 幸事 xìng shì sth fortunate / a lucky chance syn 坐失良机 坐失良機 zuò shī liáng jī to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance syn 遭 zāo to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident syn 逢 féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn 凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity syn 阄 鬮 jiū lots (to be drawn) / lot (in a game of chance) 坐失机宜 坐失機宜 zuò shī jī yí to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance 英雄无用武之地 英雄無用武之地 yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents syn 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 掽 pèng to bump / to meet by chance 交臂失之 jiāo bì shī zhī to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity syn 偶然事件 ǒu rán shì jiàn random accident / chance event 偶语弃市 偶語棄市 ǒu yǔ qì shì chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom) 偶遇 ǒu yù to meet by chance syn 大有希望 dà yǒu xī wàng to stand a good chance / to have great hopes / to be promising 机运 機運 jī yùn chance and opportunity 让贤与能 讓賢與能 ràng xián yǔ néng to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom) 际会 際會 jì huì opportunity / chance 过了这村没这店 過了這村沒這店 guò le zhè cūn méi zhè diàn past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance 恰遇 qià yù to chance upon / to coincide fortuitously with sth 看准机会 看準機會 kàn zhǔn jī huì to watch for an opportunity / to see one's chance to 赌上一局 賭上一局 dǔ shàng yī jú to engage in a game of chance / to gamble / to make a bet 过了这个村就没这个店 過了這個村就沒這個店 guò le zhè ge cūn jiù méi zhè ge diàn past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance 路遇 lù yù to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere / to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere 落空 là kòng to omit / to neglect (to do sth) / to miss a chance / to let an opportunity slip by syn 大有希望 dà yǒu - xī wàng to stand a good chance / to have great hopes / to be promising 