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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E15 (38:48) HSK 3
kàn lái wǒ men shì yào shí lái yùn zhuǎn le

看来我们是要时来运转了

“It looks like our luck is finally turning around.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 38:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuì jìn zǒng shì yǒu hǎo xīn rén bāng máng

最近总是有好心人帮忙

“I've been shown a lot of kindness lately.”

kàn lái wǒ men shì yào shí lái yùn zhuǎn le CURRENT FOCUS

看来 我们是要 时来运转 了

“It looks like our luck is finally turning around.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tài hǎo le

太好了

“This is great.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EXPRESSING OPTIMISM
Tone: OPTIMISTIC
Emotion: RELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Cyclical Luck (Yunqi)

Traditional Chinese culture views fortune as cyclical rather than static; endurance during hardships is believed to eventually be rewarded by a natural turn of luck.

INTENT TAGS: #optimism #reassurance #relief #hope
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
时来运转 SPOKEN CHUNK

luck turns in one's favor; turn of fortune

A widely used chengyu to express that hard times are ending and a period of good fortune is beginning.

看来 SPOKEN CHUNK

it seems; it looks like

A common discourse marker used to draw an inference based on recent evidence.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a change of state or situation, reinforcing the shift from misfortune to good luck.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
这就叫时来运转
《冬去春来》
90% Match
这就叫时来运转
zhè jiù jiào shí lái yùn zhuǎn

“this is what they call a turn of luck.”

这场咱们算是赢了
《灿如繁星》
88% Match
这场咱们算是赢了
zhè chǎng zán men suàn shì yíng le

“We can consider this a win for us.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E15 (38:48) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus