福無雙至，禍不單行
Chinese
good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname |
not have | two; double; pair two; double; pair; both |
arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until |
disaster | not; no | bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain |
to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional | |||
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| trad. (福無雙至，禍不單行) | 福 | 無 | 雙 | 至 | ， | 禍 | 不 | 單 | 行 | |
| simp. (福无双至，祸不单行) | 福 | 无 | 双 | 至 | ， | 祸 | 不 | 单 | 行 | |
| alternative forms | 福不重至，禍必重來／福不重至，祸必重来 | |||||||||
Etymology
alternative form of 福不重至，禍必重來 / 福不重至，祸必重来 (fú bù chóng zhì, huò bì chóng lái)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fúwúshuāngzhì, huòbùdānxíng
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄤ ㄓˋ , ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fúwúshuangjhìh, huòbùdansíng
- Wade–Giles: fu2-wu2-shuang1-chih4, huo4-pu4-tan1-hsing2
- Yale: fú-wú-shwāng-jr̀-, hwò-bù-dān-syíng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuwushuangjyh, huohbudanshyng
- Palladius: фуушуанчжи, хобуданьсин (fuušuančži, xobudanʹsin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ u³⁵ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proverb
福無雙至，禍不單行
- opportunity seldom knocks twice, misfortunes never come singly
- 未江聽罷，扯定兩個公人，說道：「卻是苦也！正是：『福無雙至，禍不單行！』」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14th century CE
- Wèi Jiāng tīng bà, chě dìng liǎng ge gōngrén, shuōdào: “Quèshì kǔ yě! Zhèngshì: ‘Fúwúshuāngzhì, huòbùdānxíng!’” [Pinyin]
- No sooner (Song) Jiang heard that than he clutched the two guards tightly and moaned: "Aye, woe is me! Indeed: Blessings never come in pair; misfortunes never come singly!"
未江听罢，扯定两个公人，说道：「却是苦也！正是：『福无双至，祸不单行！』」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]