大难不死，必有后福 dà nàn bù sǐ ， bì yǒu hòu fú

survive disaster, later good luck

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)

Characters

Character Meaning
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
难 nàn HSK 3
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible
必 bì HSK 3
must; necessarily; certainly
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
后 hòu HSK 1
behind; after; later
福 fú HSK 4
good fortune; luck; happiness