塞翁失马
Traditional form:
塞翁失馬
Pinyin (reading):
sàiwēngshīmǎ
Definitions:
- lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- fig. a blessing in disguise
- it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
Characters:
- 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
- 翁 - old man; father, father-in-law
- 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 马 - horse; surname
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