祸不单行禍不單行

huò bù dān xíng

Meaning

misfortune does not come singly (idiom); it never rains but it pours

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Characters

祸huòmisfortune, disaster, calamity礻呙不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一单dānsingle, individual, only; lone丷行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional彳亍

Examples

祸不单行。

Huò bù dān xíng.

When it rains, it pours.