天 有 不 测 风 云，人 有 旦 夕 祸 福

tiānyǒubùcèfēngyún,rényǒudànxīhuòfú

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

Traditional 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福

Meaning

tiānyǒubùcèfēngyún,rényǒudànxīhuòfútian1 you3 bu4 ce4 feng1 yun2 , ren2 you3 dan4 xi1 huo4 fu2

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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Characters

天

tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial

Radical 大 · 4 strokes · Parts 一大

Ideographic: The heavens 一 above a man 大

有

yǒu · to have, to own, to possess; to exist

Radical 月 · 6 strokes

不

bù · no, not, un-; negative prefix

Radical 一 · 4 strokes

Ideographic: A bird flying toward the sky 一

测

cè · to survey, to measure; to estimate, to conjecture

Radical 氵 · 9 strokes · Parts 氵则

Pictophonetic: water

风

fēng · wind; air; customs, manners; news

Radical 风 · 4 strokes · Parts 几乂

云

yún · cloud; to say, to speak

Radical 二 · 4 strokes · Parts 二厶

Pictographic: A cloud

人

rén · man, person; people

Radical 人 · 2 strokes

Pictographic: The legs of a human being

旦

dàn · dawn; morning; day

Radical 日 · 5 strokes · Parts 日一

Ideographic: The sun 日 rising over the horizon 一

夕

xī · evening, night, dusk; slanted

Radical 夕 · 3 strokes · Parts 勹丶

Pictographic: A crescent moon

祸

huò · misfortune, disaster, calamity

Radical 礻 · 11 strokes · Parts 礻呙

Pictophonetic: spirit

福

fú · happiness, good fortune, blessings

Radical 礻 · 13 strokes · Parts 礻畐

Pictophonetic: spirit

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