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天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福

tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú

13-character word Traditional 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福

What 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 means

1. fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment

The characters in 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 测cèto survey; to measure; to conjecture
• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 云yún(classical) to say
• 人rénperson; people
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 旦dàn(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 夕xī(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 祸huòdisaster; misfortune; calamity
• 福fúgood fortune; happiness; luck