因祸得福

yīn huò dé fú

a blessing in disguise

Character by character

因yīn
from

祸huò
misfortune

得dé
get

福fú
blessing

他因为生病错过了那班飞机，结果因祸得福。

He missed that flight because he was ill, and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

Tone: neutral.

The idea behind the tale 塞翁失马, the old frontiersman who lost his horse (《淮南子》).

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