One must understand and cherish fortune before creating it.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
惜福
to appreciate one's good fortune
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to appreciate one's good fortune
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 惜福 actually appears in real sentences.
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ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 惜福
What does 惜福 mean in Chinese?
惜福 (xīfú) means to appreciate one's good fortune.
How do you pronounce 惜福?
惜福 is pronounced xīfú.
Is 惜福 an HSK word?
惜福 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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