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Chinese
Etymology
From I Ching, Hexagram 25 (《易经·无妄》):
六三：无妄之災，或繫之牛，行人之得，邑人之災。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
六三：无妄之灾，或系之牛，行人之得，邑人之灾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Liù sān: wú wàng zhī zāi, huò jì zhī niú, xíngrén zhī dé, yìrén zhī zāi.
- The third SIX, divided, shows calamity happening to one who is free from insincerity - as in the case of an ox that has been tied up. A passer by finds it (and carries it off), while the people in the neighbourhood have the calamity (of being accused and apprehended).
Pronunciation
Idiom
無妄之災
- unexpected calamity; undeserved ill turn