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Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「禍福相生」, explained below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「禍福相生」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

It means that disaster and happiness transform into each other and depend on each other.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huò fú xiàng shēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wo6 fuk1 seung2 saang1/sang1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.