good and bad fortune go together

good and bad fortune go together

Misfortune and fortune come from the same door. Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ò f ú t ó NGM é n, which means that misfortune and fortune come from the same door. It means that disaster and good fortune come from people themselves. From the book of Jin, Volume 84, biography of Yin Zhongkan.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Jin, Volume 84, biography of Yin Zhongkan, it is said that "a man who is in the same family of misfortunes and blessings is dependent on thousands of ends, but it is still undeniable. 」

Idiom usage

Example: Huainanzi: "when a man's misfortune comes, he is born; when fortune comes, he is born.". Misfortune and happiness are in the same door, and benefit and harm are neighbors. They are not gods and sages, and they can't be separated. 」