"禍不單行" meaning in Chinese

See 禍不單行 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɔː²² pɐt̚⁵ taːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hua³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tũã³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/, /wɔː²² pɐt̚⁵ taːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/, /hua³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tũã³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: huòbùdānxíng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wo⁶ bat¹ daan¹ hang⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hua⁶ bug⁴ duan¹ gian⁵, huòbùdānxíng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], huòbùdansíng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], huo⁴-pu⁴-tan¹-hsing² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hwò-bù-dān-syíng [Mandarin, Yale], huohbudanshyng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хобуданьсин [Mandarin, Palladius], xobudanʹsin [Mandarin, Palladius], woh bāt dāan hàhng [Cantonese, Yale], wo⁶ bat⁷ daan¹ hang⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wo⁶ bed¹ dan¹ heng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hua⁶ bug⁴ duan¹ gian⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], huă puk tuaⁿ kiâⁿ [POJ, Teochew] Forms: 祸不单行
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 禍不單行
  1. misfortunes never come singly; it never rains but it pours Tags: idiomatic
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "parents": [
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          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Teochew chengyu",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "misfortunes never come singly; it never rains but it pours"
      ],
      "id": "en-禍不單行-zh-phrase-n8HRrsk~",
      "links": [
        [
          "misfortunes never come singly",
          "misfortunes never come singly"
        ],
        [
          "it never rains but it pours",
          "it never rains but it pours"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huòbùdānxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wo⁶ bat¹ daan¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hua⁶ bug⁴ duan¹ gian⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huòbùdānxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huòbùdansíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huo⁴-pu⁴-tan¹-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwò-bù-dān-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huohbudanshyng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хобуданьсин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xobudanʹsin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woh bāt dāan hàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wo⁶ bat⁷ daan¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wo⁶ bed¹ dan¹ heng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔː²² pɐt̚⁵ taːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hua⁶ bug⁴ duan¹ gian⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huă puk tuaⁿ kiâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hua³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tũã³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔː²² pɐt̚⁵ taːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hua³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tũã³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "禍不單行"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 單",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 禍",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 行",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew chengyu",
        "Teochew idioms",
        "Teochew lemmas"
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      "glosses": [
        "misfortunes never come singly; it never rains but it pours"
      ],
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          "misfortunes never come singly",
          "misfortunes never come singly"
        ],
        [
          "it never rains but it pours",
          "it never rains but it pours"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huòbùdānxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wo⁶ bat¹ daan¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hua⁶ bug⁴ duan¹ gian⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huòbùdānxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huòbùdansíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huo⁴-pu⁴-tan¹-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwò-bù-dān-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huohbudanshyng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хобуданьсин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xobudanʹsin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woh bāt dāan hàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wo⁶ bat⁷ daan¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wo⁶ bed¹ dan¹ heng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔː²² pɐt̚⁵ taːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hua⁶ bug⁴ duan¹ gian⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huă puk tuaⁿ kiâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hua³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tũã³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔː²² pɐt̚⁵ taːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hua³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tũã³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "禍不單行"
}

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