a loss may turn out to be a gain(sài wēng zhī mǎ)

a loss may turn out to be a gain

Saiwenzhima, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s à IW à ngzhim à, which means that the gains and losses are changeable. From twenty years of dreams of prosperity

Idiom explanation

Saima. It is a metaphor for the impermanence of gain and loss.

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi · human training": "if the people near the fortress have good skills, the horse will die and enter Hu for no reason. Everyone is worried about it. His father said, "why is this not a blessing?" After several months, Hu Junma, his general, returned. Everyone congratulates it Therefore, happiness is a disaster, and disaster is a blessing. It can't be changed into extreme and unfathomable. "

Idioms and allusions

In the early Western Han Dynasty, Liu An, the king of Huainan (179-121 BC, the son of Liu Chang, the grandson of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was the uncle of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty) It was co edited by Li Shang, Su Fei and Wu Bei. This book was written in the later period of the first reign of emperor Jing and presented to the imperial court in the second year of Jianyuan when Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty Liu Che ascended the throne. Liu An, the king of Huainan, was a person who had a profound knowledge of art in the royal family at that time. He attracted thousands of guests to write books, saying that "he wrote 21 chapters of neipian and many books of waishu, which were also eight volumes of zhongpian. He talked about the art of immortality, yellow and white, and more than 200000 words" (Hanshu · biography of Liu Changzhuan, Li king of Huainan). However, only 21 chapters of neishu, which is now known as Huainanzi, are left behind in this cultural masterpiece. Liu An was determined to take the political initiative in the event of any turmoil in the world, actively making war equipment, gathering money and bribing the local powerful faction of the Han Dynasty. He studied military maps day and night, and secretly carried out operational deployment. When the imperial court pursued the case, Liu An finally launched a rebellion. However, the rebellion was quickly pacified by the Han Dynasty. Liu An was convicted of "treason and treason" and committed suicide. Huainan state abandoned

Idiom usage

Used as an object, attribute, clause; used as a consolation.

Chinese PinYin : sài wēng zhī mǎ