大难不死，必有后福 is a well-known Chinese proverb: 'Survive a great calamity and good fortune will follow.' It is used to comfort or encourage someone who has been through a dangerous ordeal.
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大 = great, 难 = disaster/calamity, 不 = not, 死 = die. The literal meaning is exactly the definition: 'great disaster, not die'.
