福善禍淫

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Chinese[edit]

 
good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
good disaster
 
excessive; wanton; lewd
excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene
trad. (福善禍淫)
simp. (福善祸淫)

Pronunciation[edit]


Idiom[edit]

福善禍淫

  1. Goodness is rewarded and wickedness is punished.

References[edit]

  • Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “ (hŭa)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 159