"禍福" meaning in Chinese

See 禍福 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /wɔː²² fʊk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 祸福 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 禍福
  1. good fortune and misfortune; good times and hard times; happiness and suffering
    Sense id: en-禍福-zh-noun-IJ~z6Hhg Categories (other): Chinese antonymous compounds, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Derived forms: 人有旦夕禍福, 人有旦夕祸福, 天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福 / 天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福 (tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú), 旦夕禍福, 旦夕祸福, 禍福倚伏, 祸福倚伏, 禍福同門, 祸福同门, 禍福惟人, 祸福惟人, 禍福有命, 祸福有命, 禍福無偏, 祸福无偏, 禍福無常, 祸福无常, 禍福無門, 祸福无门, 禍福由人, 祸福由人, 禍福相倚, 祸福相倚, 禍福相生, 祸福相生, 禍福與共, 祸福与共, 禍福靡常, 祸福靡常
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          "word": "人有旦夕禍福"
        },
        {
          "word": "人有旦夕祸福"
        },
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          "roman": "tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú",
          "word": "天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福 / 天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福"
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          "word": "祸福倚伏"
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        {
          "word": "禍福有命"
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        {
          "word": "祸福有命"
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        {
          "word": "禍福無偏"
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          "word": "祸福无偏"
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          "word": "禍福無常"
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          "word": "禍福無門"
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          "word": "祸福无门"
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          "word": "禍福由人"
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          "word": "祸福由人"
        },
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          "word": "禍福相倚"
        },
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          "word": "祸福相倚"
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          "word": "禍福相生"
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          "ref": " Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE",
          "roman": "Huòfú yǐfú, hé cháng zhī yǒu? Qǐ shī yī sǐ, hé jù rúshì yě!",
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          "time",
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      "zh_pron": "huòfú"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ"
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      "zh_pron": "huohfwu"
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      "zh_pron": "wo⁶ fug¹"
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      "ipa": "/wɔː²² fʊk̚⁵/",
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      "word": "天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福 / 天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福"
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    {
      "word": "旦夕禍福"
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    {
      "word": "旦夕祸福"
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    {
      "word": "禍福倚伏"
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    {
      "word": "祸福倚伏"
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      "word": "禍福同門"
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    {
      "word": "祸福同门"
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    {
      "word": "禍福惟人"
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    {
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      "word": "禍福有命"
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      "word": "祸福无门"
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      "word": "禍福由人"
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      "word": "祸福由人"
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      "word": "禍福相倚"
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      "word": "祸福相倚"
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      "word": "禍福相生"
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    {
      "word": "祸福相生"
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    {
      "word": "禍福與共"
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      "word": "祸福与共"
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      "word": "禍福靡常"
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      "ipa": "/wɔː²² fʊk̚⁵/",
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