塞翁失馬
See also: 塞翁失马
Chinese
to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian |
elderly person | to lose; to miss; to fail | horse; surname | ||
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trad. (塞翁失馬) | 塞 | 翁 | 失 | 馬 | |
simp. (塞翁失马) | 塞 | 翁 | 失 | 马 | |
Literally: “the old frontiersman loses his horse”. |
Etymology
See 塞翁失馬,焉知非福/塞翁失马,焉知非福 (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄇㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sàiwongshihmǎ
- Wade–Giles: sai4-wêng1-shih1-ma3
- Yale: sài-wēng-shr̄-mǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sayuengshymaa
- Palladius: сайвэншима (sajvɛnšima)
- Sinological IPA (key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ wəŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5
- Yale: choi yūng sāt máh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi3 jung1 sat7 maa5
- Guangdong Romanization: coi3 yung1 sed1 ma5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵ maː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 塞翁失馬
- Every cloud has a silver lining. / A setback may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
Synonyms
Descendants
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