good and bad fortune; luck
Refers to the ups and downs of fortune, often used in set phrases like 運否天賦 (leaving things to chance).
No one can know the good and bad fortune of life.
He faced the contest leaving the outcome to chance.
trusting to chance; leaving to fate
Compound of 運 (luck, fortune) and 否 (negation, bad), literally 'fortune and misfortune'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used in classical and formal Japanese.