塞翁失马焉知非福

sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 塞翁失马焉知非福

• 塞 塞 sāi: Serbia
• 塞 塞 sài: strategic pass
• 塞 塞 sè: to stop up
• 福 福 fú: good fortune
• 非 非 fēi: to not be; not
• 马 马 mǎ: horse
• 塞翁失马 塞翁失马 sài wēng shī mǎ: fig. a blessing in disguise
• 失 失 shī: to lose
• 焉 焉 yān: where
• 焉知 焉知 yān zhī: (literary) how is one to know?
• 知 知 zhī: to know
• 翁 翁 wēng: elderly man