是福不是祸，是祸躲不过是福不是禍，是禍躲不過是福不是禍，是禍躲不過

if it's fortune it isn't disaster; if it's disaster you can't dodge it

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Fatalistic saying: heaven decides good and bad luck and people cannot change it. Said to accept whatever comes. Close to 'what will be, will be'.

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Simplified: 是福不是祸，是祸躲不过
Traditional (Taiwan): 是福不是禍，是禍躲不過
Pinyin: shì Fú bú shì huò, shì huò duǒ búguò
Bopomofo: ㄕˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ，ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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