因祸得福 — Chinese idiom
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
Traditional: 因禍得福
Meaning
- to have some good come out of a bad situation
- a blessing in disguise
Character by character
- 因yīncause, reason; by; because
- 祸huòmisfortune, disaster, calamity
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
- 福fúhappiness, good fortune, blessings
Idioms sharing a character
- 互为因果 hù wéi yīn guǒ
- 前因后果 qián yīn hòu guǒ
- 因人成事 yīn rén chéng shì
- 因人而异 yīn rén ér yì
- 因公殉职 yīn gōng xùn zhí
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 因势利导 yīn shì lì dǎo
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí
- 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà
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