天有不測風雲
tiān​yǒu​bù​cè​fēng​yún

unexpected things happen

  • created reference approved 天有不测风云/天有不測風雲 → 人有旦夕祸福/人有旦夕禍福 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天有不测风云 / 天有不測風雲 tiān​yǒu​bù​cè​fēng​yún

    人有旦夕祸福 / 人有旦夕禍福 rén​yǒu​dàn​xī​huò​fú

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天有不测风云/天有不測風雲 · tiān​yǒu​bù​cè​fēng​yún · unexpected things happen — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天有不测风云 / 天有不測風雲

    tiān​yǒu​bù​cè​fēng​yún

    unexpected things happen

    Literal meaning that weather is unpredictable; used to mean that human life is full of sudden changes or misfortunes. First half of a couplet, usually followed by [[人有旦夕祸福|人有旦夕禍福|ren2 you3 dan4 xi1 huo4 fu2]]

    tiān​yǒu​bú​cè​fēng​yún

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · weather 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is 不测 (literal) → 不测/不測 · bù​cè · unpredictable 风云 (literal) → 风云/風雲 · fēng​yún · wind and clouds

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense