祸福

禍福
huòfú
noun #52,631

Meanings

  1. 1 misfortune and fortune
  2. 2 good and bad luck

Examples

HSK 6
Rénshēng de huòfú hěn nán yùliào.
Life's ups and downs are hard to predict.
HSK 7-9
Tā bǎ gèrén huòfú zhìzhī-dùwài, jiānchí shuōchū le zhēnxiàng.
Putting his own fate out of his mind, he insisted on telling the truth.

Tips

culture
Laozi taught that fortune leans on misfortune and misfortune hides inside fortune, the idea behind 祸福相依. The proverb 天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福 says that, like the weather, a person's luck can turn overnight.

Stroke Order

祸 huò
福 fú