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Chinese
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to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian |
elderly person
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to lose; to miss; to fail
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horse; surname
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| trad. (塞翁失馬)
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塞
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翁
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失
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馬
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| simp. (塞翁失马)
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塞
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翁
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失
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马
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| Literally: “the old frontiersman loses his horse”.
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Etymology
See 塞翁失馬，焉知非福／塞翁失马，焉知非福 (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú).
Pronunciation
Idiom
塞翁失馬
- Every cloud has a silver lining. / A setback may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
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Korean
Noun
塞翁失馬 • (sae'ongsilma) (hangeul 새옹실마)
- hanja form? of 새옹실마 (“human destiny being unpredictable”)