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

life is unpredictable; luck changes quickly

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
day; sky; heaven
to have; there is; there are
not; no; (negative prefix)
to measure; to survey; to conjecture
wind; style; manner
cloud; abbr. for Yunnan Province yún nán shěng
person; people; man
to have; there is; there are
day; morning; dawn
evening; dusk; Taiwan pr.
misfortune; disaster; calamity
good fortune; luck; happiness