祸不单行
祸不单行禍不單行
- misfortune does not come singly (idiom)
- it never rains but it pours
Stroke order
Practice writing
Draw 祸 (1 of 4) — stroke by stroke.
Draw each stroke of the character in order using your mouse or finger. A hint appears after three misses.
Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 祸不单行。 Misfortunes never come singly.
- 禍不單行。 It never rains but it pours.
- 我谨记祸不单行。 I bear in mind that misfortunes never come singly.
- 俗話說：雙喜臨門；可俗話又說：福無雙進，禍不單行！ There’s a saying that goes, "Fortune always comes in pairs." But there’s another saying that says, "Fortune comes, but never in pairs, while misfortune always does."
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