天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福

tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú

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1. fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment

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Child Words of 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 云 云 yún: (classical) to say
• 人 人 rén: person; people
• 天 天 tiān: day
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 测 测 cè: to survey
• 福 福 fú: good fortune
• 风 风 fēng: wind
• 风云 风云 fēng yún: weather
• 不测 不测 bù cè: unexpected
• 夕 夕 xī: dusk
• 旦 旦 dàn: (literary) dawn; daybreak
• 祸 祸 huò: disaster
• 祸福 祸福 huò fú: disaster and happiness