禍福は糾える縄のごとし

かふくはあざなえるなわのごとしkafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi

expression

  1. fortune and misfortune are intertwined
  2. fortune and misfortune come by turns
  3. good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope)
  4. good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences