幸 运 xìng yùn fortunate / lucky / fortune / luck 运 道 yùn dao fortune / luck / fate 运 to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate 脂 膏 zhī gāo fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor 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[wu3 xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld 如 意 rú yì as one wants / according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune 赚 大 钱 zhuàn dà qián to earn a fortune 算 命 suàn mìng fortune-telling / to tell fortune 淘 金 táo jīn to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune 运 势 yùn shì horoscope / one's fortune 福 气 fú qi good fortune / a blessing 运 程 yùn chéng one's fortune (in astrology) 转 运 zhuǎn yùn to forward goods / to ship / to distribute / transshipment / a lucky break / change of fortune (for the better) 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 幸 而 xìng ér by good fortune / luckily 发 家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous 倾 家 荡 产 qīng jiā dàng chǎn to lose a family fortune (idiom) 发 迹 fā jì to make one's mark / to go up in the world / to make one's fortune 横 财 hèng cái easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit 名 利 双 收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward 好 命 hǎo mìng lucky / blessed with good fortune 福 分 fú fen one's happy lot / good fortune 吉 庆 jí qìng auspicious / propitious / good fortune 看 相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features 三 生 有 幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... 相 appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) 算 卦 suàn guà fortune telling 卜 卦 bǔ guà to divine using the trigrams / fortune telling 拆 字 chāi zì fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters 洪 福 hóng fú good fortune / great blessing 招 财 猫 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 福 泽 fú zé good fortune 相 面 xiàng miàn fortune telling based on the subject's face 福 相 fú xiàng facial expression of good fortune / joyous and contented look 兵 痞 bīng pǐ army riffraff / army ruffian / soldier of fortune 福 good fortune / happiness / luck 禄 good fortune / official salary 嘏 good fortune / longevity 祓 to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster 时 来 运 转 shí lái yùn zhuǎn the time comes, fortune turns (idiom) / to have a lucky break / things change for the better 敲 门 砖 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune 天 有 不 测 风 云 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún fortune as unpredictable as the weather (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment 龙 凤 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 gōng míng lì lù position and wealth (idiom) / rank, fame and fortune 洪 福 齐 天 hóng fú qí tiān flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom) / a lucky sign 违 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 发 横 财 fā hèng cái to make easy money / to make a fortune / to line one's pockets 傻 人 有 傻 福 shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú fortune favors fools (idiom) / fool's luck 嚭 great / great fortune 倾 家 qīng jiā to ruin a family / to lose a fortune 卜 课 divination / fortune telling 合 婚 hé hūn casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old) 天 有 不 测 风 云 ， 人 有 旦 夕 祸 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 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 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) 批 命 pī mìng to tell sb's fortune 折 杀 zhé shā to not deserve (one's good fortune etc) 败 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 无 量 寿 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 lù jí good fortune and reputation 签 语 饼 qiān yǔ bǐng fortune cookie 卖 卜 mài bǔ to do trade as a fortune teller 运 命 yùn mìng fate / one's fortune 运 数 yùn shù one's fortune / destiny 颓 运 tuí yùn crumbling fate / declining fortune 一 路 发 yī lù fā fortune street (idiom) 大 难 不 死 ， 必 有 后 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 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
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