fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
trad. 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福
Also written 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福【tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú】
Characters in this word
11天
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day, sky, heaven
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 211 of 2500
有
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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
测
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to survey, to measure, to conjecture
- Pinyin
- cè
- Traditional
- 測
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 30627 of 2500
风
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wind, news, style, custom, manner, CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- Pinyin
- fēng
- Traditional
- 風
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2842 of 2500
云
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(classical) to say
- Pinyin
- yún
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7285 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
旦
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(literary) dawn; daybreak, dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- Pinyin
- dàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 33151 of 2500
夕
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(bound form) sunset; dusk, (bound form) evening; night, Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 42359 of 2500
祸
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old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
- Pinyin
- huò
- Traditional
- 旤
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 12906 of 2500
福
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surname Fu, abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
- Pinyin
- Fú
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 4445 of 2500