福善禍淫
Chinese edit
good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname |
good | disaster | excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene | ||
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trad. (福善禍淫) | 福 | 善 | 禍 | 淫 | |
simp. (福善祸淫) | 福 | 善 | 祸 | 淫 |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
福善禍淫
- Goodness is rewarded and wickedness is punished.
References edit
- Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “禍/祸 (hŭa)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 159