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福
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Definitions
1. A blessing in disguise
Components
焉知
yān zhī
–
(literary) how is one to know?
非
Fēi
–
PN:abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
福
Fú
–
surname Fu
Related Words
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
–
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise