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Character Decomposition
翁=公+羽
Etymology
feather
Meanings
elderly man
father
father-in-law
neck feathers of a bird (old)
surname Weng
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Words with 翁 179 total
Idioms with 翁 17 total Chain
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) · fig. a blessing in disguise · it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good塞翁失马sài wēng shī mǎloss sometimes spells gain · when the old man on the frontier lost his mare, who could have guessed it was a blessing in disguise? - a loss may turn out to be a gain · nothing so bad as not to be good for something塞翁失马，焉知非福sài wēng shī mǎ，yān zhī fēi fú
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