禍か福ふく得とく喪そう

noun

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.

• 禍か福ふく得とく喪そうは人ひとの力ちからではどうにもならない。

  Calamity and fortune, gain and loss are beyond human control.