塞翁失馬

See also: 塞翁失马

Chinese

		to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian	elderly person	to lose; to miss; to fail	horse; surname
trad. (塞翁失馬)		塞	翁	失	馬
simp. (塞翁失马)		塞	翁	失	马
Literally: “the old frontiersman loses his horse”.

Etymology

See 塞翁失馬，焉知非福／塞翁失马，焉知非福 (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sàiwēngshīmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄥㄕㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ jung¹ sat¹ maa⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sài-ong-sit-má

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sàiwēngshīmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄥㄕㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sàiwongshihmǎ
  - Wade–Giles: sai⁴-wêng¹-shih¹-ma³
  - Yale: sài-wēng-shr̄-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sayuengshymaa
  - Palladius: сайвэншима (sajvɛnšima)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ wəŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ jung¹ sat¹ maa⁵
  - Yale: choi yūng sāt máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ jung¹ sat⁷ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³ yung¹ sed¹ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵ maː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sài-ong-sit-má
  - Tâi-lô: sài-ong-sit-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sae'ongsitmar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sai²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁴⁴ sit̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sai¹¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁴⁴ sit̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai²¹⁻⁴¹ ɔŋ⁴⁴ sit̚³²⁻⁴ mã⁴¹/

Idiom

塞翁失馬

Every cloud has a silver lining. / A setback may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Synonyms

因禍得福／因祸得福 (yīnhuòdéfú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (塞翁失馬):

→ Korean: 새옹실마(塞翁失馬) (sae'ongsilma)
→ Vietnamese: tái ông thất mã (塞翁失馬)

Others:

Japanese: 塞翁(さいおう)が馬(うま) (saiō ga uma)
Korean: 새옹지마 (塞翁之馬, sae'ongjima)

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