福无双降
fú​wú​shuāng​jiàng

blessings never come in pairs

  • created sense approved 福无双降/福無雙降 · fú​wú​shuāng​jiàng · blessings never come in pairs — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    福无双降 / 福無雙降

    fú​wú​shuāng​jiàng

    blessings never come in pairs

    good fortune rarely arrives in multiple instances at the same time; variant form of a common idiom suggesting that luck is not repetitive

    福 (literal) → 福 · fú · good fortune 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 双 (literal) → 双/雙 · shuāng · two 降 (literal) → 降 · jiàng · to bestow

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