huò​fú​xiāng​yǐ

misfortune and fortune are interdependent

  1. disaster
    misfortune; calamity; disaster; opposite of 福 fú
  2. 福 fú nounadjective
    good fortune
    good fortune; happiness; luck; blessing; a state of well-being, often used in contrast to 祸 huò or as a specific opportunity from fate like 口福 kǒu​fú
  3. 相 xiāng adverb
    mutually
    each other; one another; mutually
  4. 倚 yǐ verb
    to lean
    to lean on; to rest against something