因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
Pinyin

Definition

因祸得福
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yīn huò dé fú
  1. to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

因为
yīn wèi
  1. 1 because
  2. 2 owing to
  3. 3 on account of
幸福
xìng fú
  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 blessed
得
dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
得到
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
获得
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
祝福
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well
觉得
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel
记得
jì de
  1. 1 to remember
不得不
bù dé bù
  1. 1 have no choice or option but to
  2. 2 cannot but
  3. 3 have to
  4. 4 can't help it
  5. 5 can't avoid
不得了
bù dé liǎo
  1. 1 desperately serious
  2. 2 disastrous
  3. 3 extremely
  4. 4 exceedingly
使得
shǐ de
  1. 1 usable
  2. 2 workable
  3. 3 feasible
  4. 4 doable
  5. 5 to make
  6. 6 to cause
值得
zhí de
  1. 1 to be worth
  2. 2 to deserve
原因
yuán yīn
  1. 1 cause
  2. 2 origin
  3. 3 root cause
  4. 4 reason
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
取得
qǔ dé
  1. 1 to acquire
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to obtain
因
yīn
  1. 1 old variant of 因[yīn]
因此
yīn cǐ
  1. 1 thus
  2. 2 consequently
  3. 3 as a result
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
基因
jī yīn
  1. 1 gene (loanword)
得以
dé yǐ
  1. 1 able to
  2. 2 so that sb can
  3. 3 enabling
  4. 4 in order to
  5. 5 finally in a position to
  6. 6 with sth in view
得出
dé chū
  1. 1 to obtain (results)
  2. 2 to arrive at (a conclusion)

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
  1. 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
互为因果
hù wéi yīn guǒ
  1. 1 mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined
  2. 2 interdependent
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
来得容易，去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
  1. 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
  2. 2 fool's luck
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
前因后果
qián yīn hòu guǒ
  1. 1 cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
  1. 1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
  1. 1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
咎有应得
jiù yǒu yīng dé
  1. 1 to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
因人成事
yīn rén chéng shì
  1. 1 to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends

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