<p>In Cantonese, it is "話口未完" wa6 hau2 mei6 yun4. </p>

<p>In Mandarin, perhaps "話還沒說完”，hua4 hai2 mei2 shuo1 wan2, but then it is five syllable, not four.</p>

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+1 for the best answer around
Alex
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monalisa
<p>May be 恰逢其时（Something happened right you are doing something.）.</p>

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<p>It is not easy guessing what that phrase is without knowing whether it is Mandarin or Cantonese. In Cantonese it could be the colloquial 一講曹操 referring to 一講曹操，曹操就到. Its English equivalence is <strong>speak of the devil</strong>. </p>

<p>(I'm not sure if in Mainland/Taiwan Mandarin whether people just use the first half as 方說曹操 or 一講曹操 etc.)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/41778/" rel="nofollow">Reference 1: 一講曹操，曹操就到</a></p>

<p><a href="http://weijinrenwu.baike.com/article-190731.html" rel="nofollow">Reference 2: 說曹操，曹操就到</a></p>

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leo4jc
<pre><code>一语成谶 (yī yǔ chéng chèn)
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<p>Iciba: <a href="http://www.iciba.com/%E4%B8%80%E8%AF%AD%E6%88%90%E8%B0%B6" rel="nofollow">一语成谶</a></p>

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一语成谶 is more like what you said has become an ill omen. It's way more serious than saying that lightning may strike and it did. Also as songyuanyao explained, the result does not have to be immediate at all. In fact, it's usually not immediate.
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WIZARDELF
<p>I was pointing at a thundercloud and saying that lightning may strike, and my Chinese friend said a 4-syllable phrase that meant that it happened just as I finished talking about it.</p>

<p>Do you know this phrase?</p>

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something like 来得正好
Mou某
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May I ask where is your friend from? And whether he/she is Mandarin speaking or Cantonese speaking? Culture makes a difference what phrase to use.
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<phrase><spoken>
phrase for "It happened just as you finished talking about it"
# phrase for "It happened just as you finished talking about it"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-05)

I was pointing at a thundercloud and saying that lightning may strike, and my Chinese friend said a 4-syllable phrase that meant that it happened just as I finished talking about it.

Do you know this phrase?

**Tags:** phrase, spoken

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: something like 来得正好  
> **username_2**: May I ask where is your friend from? And whether he/she is Mandarin speaking or Cantonese speaking? Culture makes a difference what phrase to use.  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-07-08. Score: 2

In Cantonese, it is "話口未完" wa6 hau2 mei6 yun4.

In Mandarin, perhaps "話還沒說完”，hua4 hai2 mei2 shuo1 wan2, but then it is five syllable, not four.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: +1 for the best answer around  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-07-08. Score: 0

May be 恰逢其时（Something happened right you are doing something.）.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-07-08. Score: 0

It is not easy guessing what that phrase is without knowing whether it is Mandarin or Cantonese. In Cantonese it could be the colloquial 一講曹操 referring to 一講曹操，曹操就到. Its English equivalence is **speak of the devil**.

(I'm not sure if in Mainland/Taiwan Mandarin whether people just use the first half as 方說曹操 or 一講曹操 etc.)

[Reference 1: 一講曹操，曹操就到](http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/41778/)

[Reference 2: 說曹操，曹操就到](http://weijinrenwu.baike.com/article-190731.html)


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### Answer by username_6 on 2015-07-05. Score: 0

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一语成谶 (yī yǔ chéng chèn)

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Iciba: [一语成谶](http://www.iciba.com/%E4%B8%80%E8%AF%AD%E6%88%90%E8%B0%B6)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: 一语成谶 is more like what you said has become an ill omen. It's way more serious than saying that lightning may strike and it did. Also as songyuanyao explained, the result does not have to be immediate at all. In fact, it's usually not immediate.  

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