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Chinese
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cause; reason; because
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disaster
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get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to |
good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname |
| trad. (因禍得福)
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因
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禍
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得
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福
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| simp. (因祸得福)
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因
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祸
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得
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福
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Pronunciation
Idiom
因禍得福
- to benefit from one's own misfortune
References
- Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “禍 / 祸 (hŭa)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 159