塞翁失馬,焉知非福 (coi3 jung1 sat1 maa5 jin1 zi1 fei1 fuk1) — 塞翁失馬 in Cantonese
coi˗₃塞jungˉ¹翁satˉ¹失maaˏ₅馬,jinˉ¹焉ziˉ¹知feiˉ¹非fukˉ¹福简 塞翁失马,焉知非福
Mandarin Pinyin: sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2
Meaning of 塞翁失馬,焉知非福
noun塞翁失馬
nounmisfortune may be a blessing in disguise; every cloud has a silver lining; a loss sometimes spells a gain
nounold frontiersman lost his horse, how would one know it was not a blessing.