祸 often appears in classical sayings and idioms: 祸从口出 (trouble comes from careless talk), 祸不单行 (misfortunes never come singly), 惹祸 (to cause trouble). Opposite of 福 (fú, blessing).
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祸福相依 (huòfú xiāngyī, misfortune and fortune depend on each other) reflects the Daoist idea that good and bad are intertwined, from the Laozi: 祸兮福之所倚，福兮祸之所伏.
