祸兮福所倚，福兮祸所伏 / 禍兮福所倚，福兮禍所伏

huò​xī​fú​suǒ​yǐ​fú​xī​huò​suǒ​fú

misfortune and fortune are intertwined

within misfortune lies the seeds of good fortune, and within good fortune lurks the disaster to come; the concept that calamity and blessing are interdependent

祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster 兮 (literal) → 兮 · xī · [exclamatory] 福 (literal) → 福 · fú · good fortune 所 (literal) → 所 · suǒ · [relative] 倚 (literal) → 倚 · yǐ · to lean ， (non_chinese) 福 (literal) → 福 · fú · good fortune 兮 (literal) → 兮 · xī · [exclamatory] 祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster 所 (literal) → 所 · suǒ · [relative] 伏 (literal) → 伏 · fú · to hide

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM