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天有不測風雲 (tin1 jau5 bat1 cak1 fung1 wan4) — life is unpredictible; sometimes life throws unexpected curveballs at you; in Cantonese

tinˉ¹天jauˏ₅有batˉ¹不cakˉ¹測fungˉ¹風wanˎ₄雲
简 天有不测风云
Mandarin Pinyin: tian 1you3 bu2 ce4 feng1 yun2

Meaning of 天有不測風雲

nounlife is unpredictible; sometimes life throws unexpected curveballs at you;
nounalso 天有不測之風雲 (full version 天有不測之風雲,人有煞時之禍福 )
nounanything unexpected may happen

Characters in 天有不測風雲

天tin1
/tin1/
有jau5
there is; exist; be present
不bat1
not; no; un-
測cak1
conjecture; speculate; guess
風fung1
certain disease supposedly caused by wind
雲wan4
a cloud of; a large number of

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