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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

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
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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: Look up this written character
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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