numerous adversities and calamities(sān zāi liù nán)

numerous adversities and calamities

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ā NZ ā Ili ù n á n, refers to children born with many diseases, also describes often encounter misfortune. The same as "three calamities and eight calamities". 6、 Divisor, not specific. Water, fire and wind are called the three disasters, while drought, waterlogging, plague, hunger, insects, ghosts, beasts and monsters are called the eight disasters. It comes from the biography of heroes in Luliang.

The origin of Idioms

Source: Ma Feng and Xirong's biography of heroes in Lvliang chapter two and four: "there are three disasters and six disasters in anyone's family! Help each other

Idiom usage

Lu Yao's ordinary world, Vol.1, Chapter 23: "it's inevitable in one's life."

Chinese PinYin : sān zāi liù nán