天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú

DEFINITIONS

  1. fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment

CHARACTERS

天 tiān sky, heaven; god, celestial
有 yǒu have, own, possess; exist
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
測 cè measure, estimate, conjecture
風 fēng wind; air; manners, atmosphere
雲 yún clouds; Yunnan province
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
有 yǒu have, own, possess; exist
旦 dàn dawn; morning; day
夕 xī evening, night, dusk; slanted
禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster
福 fú happiness, good fortune, blessing