塞翁失马焉知非福

sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú

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Definitions

  1. 1. it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

Child Words of 塞翁失马焉知非福

塞
sāi

Serbia

塞
sài

strategic pass

塞
sè

to stop up

福
fú

good fortune

非
fēi

to not be; not

马
mǎ

horse

塞翁失马
sài wēng shī mǎ

fig. a blessing in disguise

失
shī

to lose

焉
yān

where

焉知
yān zhī

(literary) how is one to know?

知
zhī

to know

翁
wēng

elderly man