"禍福は糾える縄の如し" meaning in All languages combined

See 禍福は糾える縄の如し on Wiktionary

Phrase [日本語]

Forms: 禍福(カフク)は糾(あざな)える縄(なわ)の如(ごと)し [canonical]
  1. 災禍と幸福とは糾った(縒り合わせた)縄のように表裏一体であり、一時のそれに一喜一憂しても仕方がないということ。
    Sense id: ja-禍福は糾える縄の如し-ja-phrase-dEttwjDp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: Good luck and bad luck alternate like the strands of a rope (英語)
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    "(白文)夫禍之與福、何異糾纆",
    "(訓読)それ禍(わざわい)と福、何ぞ糾える纆(なわ、すみなわ)に異ならん。",
    "(白文)因禍為福、成敗之転、譬若糾纆",
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    "(白文)夫禍之與福、何異糾纆",
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