祸福无常
huò fú wú cháng
Pinyin

Definition

祸福无常
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huò fú wú cháng
  1. disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

幸福
xìng fú
  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 blessed
祝福
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well
非常
fēi cháng
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 very much
  3. 3 unusual
  4. 4 extraordinary
家常
jiā cháng
  1. 1 the daily life of a family
常
Cháng
  1. 1 surname Chang
常客
cháng kè
  1. 1 frequent visitor
  2. 2 fig. sth that crops up frequently
常州
Cháng zhōu
  1. 1 Changzhou prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
常常
cháng cháng
  1. 1 frequently
  2. 2 often
常见
cháng jiàn
  1. 1 commonly seen
  2. 2 common
  3. 3 to see sth frequently
常识
cháng shí
  1. 1 common sense
  2. 2 general knowledge
  3. 3 CL:門|门[mén]
平常
píng cháng
  1. 1 ordinary
  2. 2 common
  3. 3 usually
  4. 4 ordinarily
日常
rì cháng
  1. 1 daily
  2. 2 everyday
时常
shí cháng
  1. 1 often
  2. 2 frequently
正常
zhèng cháng
  1. 1 regular
  2. 2 normal
  3. 3 ordinary
无常
wú cháng
  1. 1 variable
  2. 2 changeable
  3. 3 fickle
  4. 4 impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya)
  5. 5 ghost taking away the soul after death
  6. 6 to pass away
  7. 7 to die
照常
zhào cháng
  1. 1 as usual
异常
yì cháng
  1. 1 exceptional
  2. 2 abnormal
  3. 3 an anomaly
祈福
qí fú
  1. 1 to pray for blessings
福
Fú
  1. 1 surname Fu
  2. 2 abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn shěng]
福利
fú lì
  1. 1 material benefit
  2. 2 benefit in kind
  3. 3 (social) welfare

Idioms (20)

一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
  1. 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
  2. 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
  1. 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
  2. 2 fool's luck
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
兵家常事
bīng jiā cháng shì
  1. 1 commonplace in military operations (idiom)
千里马常有，而伯乐不常有
qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér Bó Lè bù cháng yǒu
  1. 1 lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
庸人庸福
yōng rén yōng fú
  1. 1 fools have good fortune (idiom)
有福同享，有祸同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng
  1. 1 To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
有福同享，有难同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu nàn tóng dāng
  1. 1 To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
法轮常转
Fǎ lún cháng zhuàn
  1. 1 the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
洪福齐天
hóng fú qí tiān
  1. 1 flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign

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