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惜福

xī fú

2-character word

What 惜福 means

1. to appreciate one's good fortune

The characters in 惜福

• 惜xīto cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 福fúgood fortune; happiness; luck

Example sentences

• 人要知福、惜福、再造福。
  Rén yào zhī fú, xīfú, zàizào fú.
  One must understand and cherish fortune before creating it.

Sounds the same

Read xī fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

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