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塞翁失馬
coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5
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a blessing in disguise; every cloud has a silver lining; a loss sometimes spells a gain [synonym] 禍為福所倚 [full proverb] 塞翁失馬,焉知非福. It refers to a story about an old frontiersman who lost a horse but eventually gained something better thanks to the loss.
 Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1697 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 15th Dec 2006 16:32 and last edited on 9th Jan 2016 01:03 |
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Characters in this word:塞 sak1 coi3 - stop up; obstruct; frontier翁 jung1 - old man 失 sat1 - mistake; omission; lose; neglect 馬 maa5 - horse 1 compounds containing this word:塞翁失馬,焉知非福 - misfortune may be a blessing in disguise |
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