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塞翁失馬,焉知非福
coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5 jin1 zi1 fei1 fuk1
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misfortune may be a blessing in disguise; every cloud has a silver lining; a loss sometimes spells a gain [literal] old frontiersman lost his horse, how would one know it was not a blessing. [short] 塞翁失馬 This proverb 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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Characters in this word:塞 sak1 coi3 - stop up; obstruct; frontier翁 jung1 - old man 失 sat1 - mistake; omission; lose; neglect 馬 maa5 - horse , - (not in database) 焉 jin4 jin1 - here; this; only after; how; where 知 zi1 zi3 - know; knowledge; inform 非 fei1 - not; non-; wrong 福 fuk1 - fortune; luck; happiness |
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