时来运转 shí lái yùn zhuǎn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

时 shí time, season; era, age, period
来 lái come, coming; return, returning
运 yùn run; simplified form of 運 luck, fortune; ship, transport
转 zhuǎn shift, move, turn