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笑う門には福来る笑う門には福来たる
わらうかどにはふくきたる
1. [exp,v5r] [proverb]
▶ laugh and grow fat
▶ [lit] good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2826693 笑門福来【しょうもんふくらい】 1. good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
  ⇐ see: 2826642 笑門来福【しょうもんらいふく】 1. good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile

Conjugations


History:
11. A 2022-08-01 04:18:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
10. A 2018-11-25 07:30:49  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2018-11-24 17:47:32  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I meant "not given as a definite source".
8. A* 2018-11-24 14:26:13  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
G n-grams:
笑う門には福来る	48580
笑う門には福来たる	41329
  Comments:
Only Wiktionary mentions 打開笑門福自來 and it's not given a definite source. I think it should be left out.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>笑う門には福来たる</keb>
@@ -13,2 +16 @@
-<s_inf>from Chi: 打開笑門福自來</s_inf>
-<gloss g_type="fig">laugh and grow fat</gloss>
+<gloss>laugh and grow fat</gloss>
7. A 2015-01-31 00:17:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I agree about translation vs transliteration, but the Chinese is worth showing.
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<s_inf>from Chi: 打開笑門福自來</s_inf>
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