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"stroke of luck" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
机遇 機遇 jī yù opportunity / favorable circumstance / stroke of luck syn
际遇 際遇 jì yù circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise) / stroke of luck / opportunity syn
大运 大運 dà yùn a stroke of luck / World University Games (formerly "Universiade") (abbr. for 大學生運動會|大学生运动会[da4 xue2 sheng1 yun4 dong4 hui4])
Chinese Pinyin Translation
倒霉 dǎo méi to have bad luck / to be out of luck syn
走红 走紅 zǒu hóng to be popular / to be in luck / to have good luck / to develop smoothly syn
桃花运 桃花運 táo huā yùn luck with the ladies / a romance / good luck
走运 走運 zǒu yùn to have good luck / to be in luck syn
撞大运 撞大運 zhuàng dà yùn to have a lucky stroke / to try one's luck
触霉头 觸霉頭 chù méi tóu to cause sth unfortunate to happen (to oneself or sb else) / to do sth inauspicious / to have a stroke of bad luck syn
点子背 點子背 diǎn zi bèi (coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck
提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn
画 畫 huà to draw / to paint / picture / painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) syn
捺 nà to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]) syn
磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn
一笔不苟 一筆不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
意存笔先，画尽意在 意存筆先，畫盡意在 yì cún bǐ xiān , huà jìn yì zài the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
幸运 幸運 xìng yùn fortunate / lucky / good fortune / luck syn
运气 運氣 yùn qi luck (good or bad) syn
糟糕 zāo gāo too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad syn
好运 好運 hǎo yùn good luck syn
坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes syn
厄运 厄運 è yùn bad luck / misfortune / adversity syn
转运 轉運 zhuǎn yùn to forward / to transfer / to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor syn
不巧 bù qiǎo too bad / unfortunately / as luck would have it syn
豁出去 huō chu qu to throw caution to the wind / to press one's luck / to go for broke syn
吉凶 jí xiōng good and bad luck (in astrology) syn
艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women
晦气 晦氣 huì qì bad luck / unlucky / calamitous / wretched 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
潦倒 liáo dǎo down on one's luck / in straitened circumstances / disappointed / frustrated syn
听天由命 聽天由命 tīng tiān yóu mìng (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck syn
手气 手氣 shǒu qì luck (in gambling)
霉运 霉運 méi yùn ill luck / misfortune
恭祝 gōng zhù to congratulate respectfully / to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior) / with best wishes (in writing)
双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
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
貔貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier syn
彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) syn
大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn
狗屎运 狗屎運 gǒu shǐ yùn (coll.) (other people's) dumb luck
运道 運道 yùn dao fortune / luck / fate
运 運 yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn
霉气 霉氣 méi qì a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck
适值 適值 shì zhí just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then syn
背时 背時 bèi shí outdated / out of luck syn
红运 紅運 hóng yùn good luck syn
背运 背運 bèi yùn bad luck / unlucky syn
天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn
扫帚星 掃帚星 sào zhou xīng comet / person who brings bad luck / jinx syn
福 fú good fortune / happiness / luck syn
倒运 倒運 dǎo yùn to have bad luck syn
走好运 走好運 zǒu hǎo yùn to experience good luck
侥 僥 jiǎo by mere luck
祺 qí auspicious / propitious / good luck / felicity / euphoria / used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress syn
徼 jiǎo by mere luck
千虑一得 千慮一得 qiān lǜ yī dé a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.) / Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
时运亨通 時運亨通 shí yùn hēng tōng our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
儌 jiǎo by mere luck
囍 xǐ double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
交运 交運 jiāo yùn to meet with luck / to hand over for transportation / to check (one's baggage at an airport etc)
丧门星 喪門星 sāng mén xīng messenger of death / person bringing bad luck
丧门神 喪門神 sāng mén shén messenger of death / person bringing bad luck
坏运 壞運 huài yùn bad luck / misfortune
好运符 好運符 hǎo yùn fú good luck charm
幸进 幸進 xìng jìn to get through by luck / to be promoted by a fluke
祈福禳灾 祈福禳災 qí fú ráng zāi to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)
祸福吉凶 禍福吉凶 huò fú jí xiōng fate / portent / luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
福寿绵长 福壽綿長 fú shòu mián cháng good luck and long life
背字 bèi zì bad luck
走背字 zǒu bèi zì to have bad luck
趋吉避凶 趨吉避凶 qū jí bì xiōng to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)
蹇运 蹇運 jiǎn yùn misfortune / bad luck
蹭蹬 cèng dèng (literary) to encounter setbacks / to have bad luck syn
逆运 逆運 nì yùn bad luck / unlucky fate
侥幸心理 僥倖心理 jiǎo xìng xīn lǐ trusting to luck / wishful thinking
扫把星 掃把星 sào bǎ xīng comet / person who brings bad luck / jinx
撞运气 撞運氣 zhuàng yùn qi to try one's luck / to rely on fate
喝凉水都塞牙 喝涼水都塞牙 hē liáng shuǐ dōu sāi yá (coll.) to be out of luck
带赛 帶賽 dài sài (slang) (Tw) to bring bad luck
头香 頭香 tóu xiāng the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
点儿背 點兒背 diǎn r bèi (dialect) to be out of luck
点背 點背 diǎn bèi (dialect) to be out of luck
傻人有傻福 shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú fortune favors fools (idiom) / fool's luck
瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
添福添寿 添福添壽 tiān fú tiān shòu to increase luck and longevity
改运 改運 gǎi yùn to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
走桃花运 走桃花運 zǒu táo huā yùn to have luck with the ladies (idiom)
倒血霉 dǎo xuè méi to have rotten luck (stronger version of 倒霉[dao3 mei2])
造物 zào wù luck / to create the universe / god (as the creator of all things) / the Creator
丧门星 喪門星 sàng mén xīng messenger of death / person bringing bad luck / Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1]
水逆 shuǐ nì (astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行[shui3 xing1 ni4 xing2]) / (coll.) to have a period of bad luck / (TCM) water retention in the abdomen causing the vomiting of liquids as soon as one drinks
造化 zào hua good luck syn
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit / a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3zhong1]) syn
铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
行程 xíng chéng journey / travel route / distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process syn
一举 一舉 yī jǔ a move / an action / in one move / at a stroke / in one go syn
抚摸 撫摸 fǔ mō to gently caress and stroke / to pet / to fondle syn
五笔 五筆 wǔ bǐ abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
中风 中風 zhòng fēng to suffer a paralyzing stroke
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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