祸福相倚 / 禍福相倚 huò​fú​xiāng​yǐ

祸福相依 / 禍福相依 huò​fú​xiāng​yī

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祸福相倚 / 禍福相倚

huò​fú​xiāng​yǐ

misfortune and fortune are interdependent

Misfortune and good luck often follow each other; used to describe how a bad situation can lead to a good result, or how good luck can contain the seeds of disaster.

祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster 福 (literal) → 福 · fú · good fortune 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 倚 (literal) → 倚 · yǐ · to lean

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM