幸运 幸運 xìng yùn fortunate / lucky / good fortune / luck syn 相 xiàng appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) syn 运 運 yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn 发达 發達 fā dá well-developed / flourishing / to develop / to promote / to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune / to prosper syn 叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 如意 rú yì as one wants / according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune syn 算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling / to tell fortune 福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune / a blessing syn 淘金 táo jīn to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune 倾家荡产 傾家蕩產 qīng jiā dàng chǎn to lose a family fortune (idiom) syn 发迹 發跡 fā jì to make one's mark / to go up in the world / to make one's fortune syn 横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit syn 发家 發家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous syn 八字 bā zì the character 8 or 八 / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling syn 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn 名利双收 名利雙收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward 福分 fú fen one's happy lot / good fortune syn 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... syn 看相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features syn 颓势 頹勢 tuí shì decline (in fortune) syn 运程 運程 yùn chéng one's fortune (in astrology) 福泽 福澤 fú zé good fortune 赚大钱 賺大錢 zhuàn dà qián to earn a fortune 运势 運勢 yùn shì horoscope / one's fortune 幸而 xìng ér by good fortune / luckily syn 败家 敗家 bài jiā to squander a family fortune 好命 hǎo mìng lucky / blessed with good fortune 吉庆 吉慶 jí qìng auspicious / propitious / good fortune syn 拆字 chāi zì fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters syn 洪福 hóng fú good fortune / great blessing syn 相士 xiàng shì fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication 招财猫 招財貓 zhāo cái māo maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune 运道 運道 yùn dao fortune / luck / fate 相面 xiàng miàn fortune telling based on the subject's face syn 福 fú good fortune / happiness / luck syn 时来运转 時來運轉 shí lái yùn zhuǎn the time comes, fortune turns (idiom) / to have a lucky break / things change for the better syn 添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù lit. to add oil and vinegar / fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting) syn 禄 祿 lù good fortune / official salary syn 福相 fú xiàng facial expression of good fortune / joyous and contented look 兵痞 bīng pǐ army riffraff / army ruffian / soldier of fortune syn 脂膏 zhī gāo fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor syn 嘏 gǔ good fortune / longevity 祓 fú to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster 敲门砖 敲門磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune syn 天有不测风云 天有不測風雲 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún fortune as unpredictable as the weather (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment 发横财 發橫財 fā hèng cái to make easy money / to make a fortune / to line one's pockets syn 龙凤呈祥 龍鳳呈祥 lóng fèng chéng xiáng the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom) / auspicious / decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix 功名利禄 功名利祿 gōng míng lì lù position and wealth (idiom) / rank, fame and fortune syn 洪福齐天 洪福齊天 hóng fú qí tiān flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom) / a lucky sign syn 违利赴名 違利赴名 wéi lì fù míng to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom) / to abandon greed for reputation / to choose fame over fortune 家道中落 jiā dào zhōng luò to come down in the world (idiom) / to suffer a reversal of fortune 批八字 pī bā zì to have one's fortune read / system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle) 紫微斗数 紫微斗數 zǐ wēi dòu shù Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling 详梦 詳夢 xiáng mèng to analyze dreams (for fortune-telling) 谈星 談星 tán xīng astrology / fortune-telling 紫微斗数 紫微斗數 zǐ wēi dǒu shù Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling 命门 命門 mìng mén (TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment 琴书 琴書 qín shū traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment 嚭 pǐ great / great fortune 倾家 傾家 qīng jiā to ruin a family / to lose a fortune 合婚 hé hūn casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old) 庸人庸福 yōng rén yōng fú fools have good fortune (idiom) 惜福 xī fú to appreciate one's good fortune 打卦 dǎ guà to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams 批命 pī mìng to tell sb's fortune 折杀 折殺 zhé shā to not deserve (one's good fortune etc) 败光 敗光 bài guāng to squander one's fortune / to dissipate one's wealth 淡泊名利 dàn bó míng lì not caring about fame and fortune (idiom) / indifferent to worldly rewards syn 无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom 痴人痴福 chī rén chī fú a fool suffers foolish fortune (idiom) 相命者 xiāng mìng zhě fortune teller 禄籍 祿籍 lù jí good fortune and reputation 算命先生 suàn mìng xiān sheng fortune-teller 算命家 suàn mìng jiā fortune-teller 算命者 suàn mìng zhě fortune-teller 签语饼 簽語餅 qiān yǔ bǐng fortune cookie 卖卜 賣卜 mài bǔ to do trade as a fortune teller 运命 運命 yùn mìng fate / one's fortune 运数 運數 yùn shù one's fortune / destiny 颓运 頹運 tuí yùn crumbling fate / declining fortune 定分 dìng fèn predestination / one's lot (of good and bad fortune) 一路发 一路發 yī lù fā fortune street (idiom) 大难不死，必有后福 大難不死，必有後福 dà nàn bù sǐ , bì yǒu hòu fú one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb) 咸鱼翻身 鹹魚翻身 xián yú fān shēn lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom) / fig. to experience a reversal of fortune 不幸之幸 bù xìng zhī xìng a fortune in misfortune / a positive in the negative 傻人有傻福 shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú fortune favors fools (idiom) / fool's luck 名缰利锁 名韁利鎖 míng jiāng - lì suǒ (idiom) the shackles of fame and fortune syn 幸运曲奇 幸運曲奇 xìng yùn qū qí fortune cookie 幸运饼干 幸運餅乾 xìng yùn bǐng gān fortune cookie 