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福
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Definitions
- 1. good fortune
- 2. happiness
- 3. luck
Example Sentences
1 shown我很幸 福 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 福
fate
To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist
Hønefoss, city (and soccer team) in Buskerud, Norway
Roosevelt (name)
Futian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
Fox Entertainment Group
happiness
gospel
Bradford, city in West Yorkshire, England
Fuxing or Fuhsing Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
to pray for blessings
the Frankfurt Motor Show
Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice
eudemonics
welfare agency
Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology)
Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One
Falkland Islands
Anfu county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
forint (Hungarian currency) (loanword)
Fugong county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[nù jiāng lì sù zú zì zhì zhōu] in northwest Yunnan
lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
loafer shoes (loanword)
UCLA
Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Oedipus the King
California
Vorwerk (brand)
Fuqing, county-level city in Fuzhou 福州[fú zhōu], Fujian
Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang
Carrefour, French supermarket chain
Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[xiē luò kè · fú ěr mó sī]
happiness and longevity
Hoklo
to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary
Fu'an, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
Anfu county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
Hertfordshire (English county)
to be blessed
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
good fortune
blessings never come in pairs (idiom)
carefree and comfortable life (esp. in retirement)
material benefit
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)
FUKUDA Yasuo (1936-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2007-2008
Fushan district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
rifle (loanword)
Stanford University
Sherlock Holmes
Frankfurt School
to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
fukubukuro or \lucky bag\, Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
Fushan district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
to increase luck and longevity
Gospel according to St Matthew
Gyeongbokgung palace in central Seoul
Stratford-upon-Avon
Gospel according to St John
Fugong county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[nù jiāng lì sù zú zì zhì zhōu] in northwest Yunnan
Yongfu county in Guilin 桂林[guì lín], Guangxi
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
afterlife happiness
Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[cháng shā shì], Hunan
reconditioned or showroom item
one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)
field for growing happiness
Gospel according to St Mark
Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE)
Forbes (US publisher)
welfare services
to eat one's fill
Gospel according to St Matthew
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
great and lasting happiness
Svolvær (city in Nordland, Norway)
Fukuoka, capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan
disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
welfare policy
Foster or Forster (name)
to put on weight
Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang
Flevoland, province in Netherlands
Stanford University
cheerful
Ford (name)
Hail Mary
Stratford (place name)
Fukushima prefecture in north Japan
Fuquan, county-level city in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[qián nán zhōu], Guizhou
Norfolk Island
Fu'an, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s
oseltamivir
Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899
to benefit the community
to benefit (e.g. the people)
mascot
California
well-being
Erfurt (German city)
Frankfurt (Germany)
disaster and happiness
luck with women
Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher
TOEFL
Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist
unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
blessings
one's happy lot; good fortune
fools have good fortune (idiom)
Crawford (town in Texas)
Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
vegetative existence
to live in ease and comfort
Fuxing or Fuhsing Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
Ford Motor Company
happy knack for chancing upon fine food
good fortune
Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan
good luck and long life
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
to feast one's eyes
Darfur (western province of Sudan)
to accept a life of ease
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
Formosa
happy land
may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
photograph of the entire family
in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife
Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
to appreciate one's good fortune
to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
blessings from heaven
Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[cháng shā shì], Hunan
Hartford
Rutherford (name)
Gospel according to St Luke
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom)
To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
Operation Blessing (charitable relief organization)
younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
Beaufort scale for wind speed
formalin (loanword)
facial expression of good fortune
a fool suffers foolish fortune (idiom)
Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
Fock or Foch (name)
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
University of California
fortune favors fools (idiom)
Dreyfus (name)
a treat for the eyes
to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom)
to bless
karmic reward (Buddhism)
Stanford (University)
good news
Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan
money can't buy happiness
Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
Falstaff (Shakespearian character)
Paphos, Cyprus
to live comfortably
Gospel according to St John
Fuqing, county-level city in Fuzhou 福州[fú zhōu], Fujian
to benefit thousands of people
Fuwa (official 2008 Olympic mascots)
good fortune
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901), prominent Japanese Westernizer, liberal educator and founder of Keio University
Fox (media company)
the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Yongfu county in Guilin 桂林[guì lín], Guangxi
welfare committee
Fuquan, county-level city in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[qián nán zhōu], Guizhou