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天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福
简 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 · 繁 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福Mandarin · pinyin tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
Meanings
- fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
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- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 測
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- 風
- fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
- 雲
- yún · clouds; Yunnan province
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 旦
- dàn · dawn; morning; day
- 夕
- xī · evening, night, dusk; slanted
- 禍
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- 福
- fú · happiness, good fortune, blessing
- 测
- cè · measure, estimate, conjecture
- 风
- fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere
- 云
- yún · say, speak; clouds
- 祸
- huò · misfortune, calamity, disaster
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tin1 jau5 bat1 caak1 fung1 wan4 ，jan4 jau5 daan3 zik6 wo6 fuk1
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