calamity and fortune, gain and loss
A yojijukugo encapsulating the vicissitudes of life: misfortune and good luck, success and failure, gain and loss. Used in literary or philosophical contexts.
Calamity and fortune, gain and loss are beyond human control.
Refers only to misfortune and fortune, without the gain/loss aspect.
Refers only to gain and loss, without the fortune/misfortune aspect.
A yojijukugo combining 禍 (calamity), 福 (fortune), 得 (gain), and 喪 (loss). The exact origin is uncertain, but it follows classical Chinese four-character idiom patterns.