好事魔多し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
好	事	魔	多
こう Grade: 4	じ Grade: 3	ま Grade: S	おお Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon	on'yomi	kun'yomi

Etymology

Calque from Literary Chinese 好事多魔 (MC xawX dzriH ta ma).

Proverb

好(こう)事(じ)魔(ま)多(おお)し • (kōji ma ōshi) 

1. the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks

Synonyms

• 好(こう)事(じ)多(た)魔(ま) (kōjitama)
• 月(つき)に叢(むら)雲(くも)花(はな)に風(かぜ) (tsuki ni murakumo hana ni kaze)