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jmdict 2796370 Active (id: 1988550)
禍福は糾える縄のごとし； 禍福は糾える縄の如し； 禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし； 禍福はあざなえる縄の如し
【 かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし 】
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ fortune and misfortune are intertwined
▶ fortune and misfortune come by turns
▶ good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope)
▶ good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours



History:
3. A 2018-10-09 08:47:37  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
2. A 2013-08-09 08:45:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5
  Diff: 
@@ -23,0 +23,2 @@
+<gloss>good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope)</gloss>
+<gloss>good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours</gloss>
1. A* 2013-08-09 08:35:35  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijs, nikk, Luminous
prog, 研究社 新和英中辞典 (禍福 entry)
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