塞翁失马 (塞翁失馬)
sài wēng shī mǎ
Pinyin
Definition
塞翁失马 (塞翁失馬)
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- lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- fig. a blessing in disguise
- it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
人有失手,马有失蹄
- 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
- 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
- 3 even the best fall down sometimes
北叟失马
- 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
- 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
千虑一失
- 1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
因小失大
- 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)