- 祸不单行
- huòbùdānxíngmisfortunes never come singly; it never rains but it pours* * *misfortunes never come singly* * *misfortunes never come singly* * *huo4 bu4 dan1 xing2Misfortune does not come singly (idiom)., It never rains but it pours.* * *祸不单行huò bù dān xíngDisasters pile up on one another.; Misery loves company.; An evil chance seldom comes alone.; an Iliad of woes; Bad events rarely come singly.; Disasters (Misfortunes) do not come alone (singly).; It never rains but it pours.; Misfortunes or troubles never come singly or single.; One mischief (misfortune) comes on the neck of another.; One misfortune (calamity) after another befell (somebody).; One misfortune rides upon another's back.; One woe (maliciously) doth tread upon another's heels.; When sorrows come, they come not singly, but in battalions.* * *禍不單行|祸不单行 [huò bù dān xíng] ► misfortune does not come singly (idiom) ► it never rains but it pours
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.