Disaster comes from success

Disaster comes from success

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is d é m ǎ sh ē ngz ā I, which means to get disaster because of good fortune. It comes from Huainanzi · human training.

Analysis of Idioms

A blessing in disguise

Idiom usage

Because of my misfortune, I have been wronged. One of the poems of crying son by Yuan Zhen in Tang Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi · human training" says: "if you are near the fortress and have good skills, the horse will die and enter Hu for no reason After several months, Hu Junma, the general of his horse, returned home. His father said, "why can't this be a disaster?" If a family is rich and a good horse, its son is good at riding, but if he falls down, his legs will be broken. "

Idiom story

In ancient times, an old man's horse ran to the Hu people outside the Great Wall. The villagers comforted him, saying that it was not necessarily a bad thing. A few days later, the lost horse came back with some fiery horses. The old man thought that this was not necessarily a good thing. His son broke his leg on horseback. The old man thought it was not a bad thing. Later, the old man's son escaped the war because of his leg injury.