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the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break · things change for the better

时来运转
shí lái yùn zhuǎn
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning苦尽甘来kǔ jìn gān láito get out of a predicament · to stick out · to take the initiative · remaining odd fraction after a division · a little more than出头chū tóuextreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)否极泰来pǐ jí tài lái
Antonyms
misfortune does not come singly (idiom) · it never rains but it pours祸不单行huò bù dān xíngborn at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) · born under an unlucky star · ahead of his time生不逢时shēng bù féng shí