Fortune and misfortune
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ò f ú y ǒ um ì ng, which means that old superstition believed that disaster and happiness have a certain destiny. The source is Lun Heng Bian Sui.
Idiom explanation
The old superstition believed that disaster and happiness had a certain destiny.
The origin of Idioms
In Lun Heng Bian Sui, it is said that "in the world, a man has his fortune and misfortune, and his conduct is his own."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in superstition
Fortune and misfortune
Travel from the past to the present - xíng gǔ zhì jīn
be hard to refuse for the sake of friendship - qíng miàn nán què