かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし

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1. fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

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かふく

fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe

なわ

rope; cord; policeman's rope

ごとし

like; as if; the same as

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