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<entry>
<ent_seq>2796370</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>禍福は糾える縄のごとし</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>禍福は糾える縄の如し</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>禍福はあざなえる縄の如し</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>fortune and misfortune are intertwined</gloss>
<gloss>fortune and misfortune come by turns</gloss>
<gloss>good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope)</gloss>
<gloss>good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>