大 难 不 死，必 有 后 福

dà nàn bù sǐ , bì yǒu hòu fúdictionary entry

one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

大難不死，必有後福 大难不死，必有后福 [da4 nan4 bu4 si3 , bi4 you3 hou4 fu2] /one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)/

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Other forms in these source records: 大難不死，必有後福

大
dà
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài
see 大夫[dài fu]
难
nán
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
nàn
disaster / distress / to scold
不
bù
no / not so / (bound form) not / un-
死
sǐ
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
必
bì
must / necessarily / certainly / (literary) if
有
yǒu
to have / there is / (bound form) having / with / -ful / -ed / -al (as in 有意[yǒu yì] intentional)
后
hòu
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler / back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
Hòu
surname Hou
福
fú
good fortune / happiness / luck
Fú
surname Fu / abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn Shěng]

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