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