one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)
德雷福斯德雷福斯de2 lei2 fu2 si1
Dreyfus (name); Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice
德雷福斯案件德雷福斯案件de2 lei2 fu2 si1 an4 jian4
Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice
多子多福多子多福duo1 zi3 duo1 fu2
the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
儿孙自有儿孙福兒孫自有兒孫福er2 sun1 zi4 you3 er2 sun1 fu2
younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
发福發福fa1 fu2
to put on weight; to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
卢瑟福盧瑟福lu2 se4 fu2
Rutherford (name); Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), early nuclear physicist from New Zealand
路加福音路加福音lu4 jia1 fu2 yin1
Gospel according to St Luke
罗斯福羅斯福luo2 si1 fu2
Roosevelt (name); Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), US President 1901-1909; Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), US President 1933-1945
玛窦福音瑪竇福音ma3 dou4 fu2 yin1
Gospel according to St Matthew
马可福音馬可福音ma3 ke3 fu2 yin1
Gospel according to St Mark
马太福音馬太福音ma3 tai4 fu2 yin1
Gospel according to St Matthew
冥福冥福ming2 fu2
afterlife happiness
纳福納福na4 fu2
to accept a life of ease; to enjoy a comfortable retirement
诺福克岛諾福克島nuo4 fu2 ke4 dao3
Norfolk Island
帕福斯帕福斯pa4 fu2 si1
Paphos, Cyprus
蒲福风级蒲福風級pu2 fu2 feng1 ji2
Beaufort scale for wind speed
祈福祈福qi2 fu2
to pray for blessings
祈福禳灾祈福禳災qi2 fu2 rang2 zai1
to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)
齐人之福齊人之福qi2 ren2 zhi1 fu2
lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom); fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners; the life of a pasha
全家福全家福quan2 jia1 fu2
photograph of the entire family; hodgepodge (cookery)
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good; also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
托福托福tuo1 fu2
TOEFL; Test of English as a Foreign Language
托福托福tuo1 fu2
(old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)
万福玛丽亚萬福瑪麗亞wan4 fu2 ma3 li4 ya4
Hail Mary; Ave Maria (religion)
威福自己威福自己wei1 fu2 zi4 ji3
to abuse power; conflict of interest; power to judge as tyrant over one's own case
威廉·福克纳威廉·福克納wei1 lian2 - fu2 ke4 na4
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
无福消受無福消受wu2 fu2 xiao1 shou4
unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
五福临门五福臨門wu3 fu2 lin2 men2
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death); (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
惜福惜福xi1 fu2
to appreciate one's good fortune
遐福遐福xia2 fu2
great and lasting happiness; lasting blessings
享福享福xiang3 fu2
to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life
享清福享清福xiang3 qing1 fu2
living in ease and comfort
歇洛克·福尔摩斯歇洛克·福爾摩斯xie1 luo4 ke4 - fu2 er3 mo2 si1
Sherlock Holmes
幸福幸福xing4 fu2
happiness; happy; blessed
幸福学幸福學xing4 fu2 xue2
eudemonics; hedonomics
徐福徐福xu2 fu2
Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
薛福成薛福成xue1 fu2 cheng2
Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist
眼福眼福yan3 fu2
a treat for the eyes; the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful
艳福艷福yan4 fu2
luck with women
杨福家楊福家yang2 fu2 jia1
Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist
一饱眼福一飽眼福yi1 bao3 yan3 fu2
to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
因祸得福因禍得福yin1 huo4 de2 fu2
to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback; It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.