机会 機會 jī huì opportunity / chance / occasion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 万一 萬一 wàn yī just in case / if by any chance / contingency syn 赶上 趕上 gǎn shàng to keep up with / to catch up with / to overtake / to chance upon / in time for syn 碰巧 pèng qiǎo by chance / by coincidence / to happen to syn 偶然 ǒu rán incidentally / occasional / occasionally / by chance / randomly syn 没戏 沒戲 méi xì (coll.) not a chance / no way / hopeless syn 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 凑巧 湊巧 còu qiǎo fortuitously / luckily / as chance has it syn 恰巧 qià qiǎo by chance / as chance would have it syn 正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune syn 邂逅 xiè hòu (literary) to meet sb by chance / to run into sb syn 附带 附帶 fù dài supplementary / incidentally / in parentheses / by chance / in passing / additionally / secondary / subsidiary / to attach syn 缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny syn 错失 錯失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance) syn 良机 良機 liáng jī a good chance / a golden opportunity 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 伺机 伺機 sì jī to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance syn 刚巧 剛巧 gāng qiǎo by chance / by coincidence / by good luck syn 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance) / to come across 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 幸事 xìng shì sth fortunate / a lucky chance syn 机缘 機緣 jī yuán chance / opportunity / destiny syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 末班车 末班車 mò bān chē last bus or train / last chance 不期而遇 bù qī ér yù meet by chance / have a chance encounter syn 萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom) syn 偶然性 ǒu rán xìng chance / fortuity / serendipity 眼福 yǎn fú a treat for the eyes / the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful 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 碰运气 碰運氣 pèng yùn qi to try one's luck / to leave sth to chance 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 遭 zāo to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident syn 凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity 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 偶遇 ǒu yù to meet by 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 阄 鬮 jiū lots (to be drawn) / lot (in a game of 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 坐失机宜 坐失機宜 zuò shī jī yí to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance 一线生机 一線生機 yī xiàn - shēng jī (idiom) a chance of survival / a fighting chance / a ray of hope 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) 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 赢面 贏面 yíng miàn chance of winning 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 