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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「禍福有命」 here, with meaning and examples.

The idiom 「禍福有命」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.

In the old days, superstition held that disasters and happiness all had certain fate and were destined.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huò fú yǒu mìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wo6 fuk1 yau5 meng6

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