lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
杰弗里·乔叟傑弗里·喬叟jie2 fu2 li3 - qiao2 sou3
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集
老叟老叟lao3 sou3
old man
乔叟喬叟qiao2 sou3
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集
童叟无欺童叟無欺tong2 sou3 wu2 qi1
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
野叟曝言野叟曝言ye3 sou3 pu4 yan2
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠