Word Meaning 塞翁が馬

さいおうがうま saiou ga uma

塞翁が馬 is read as さいおうがうま (saiou ga uma) and means the future is unpredictable.

Meaning

English

the future is unpredictable
inscrutable are the ways of heaven
the irony of fate

Reading

Kana

さいおうがうま

Romaji

saiou ga uma

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 134882 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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人間万事塞翁が馬

じんかんばんじさいおうがうま

inscrutable are the ways of heaven

塞爾維

せるびあ

Serbia

塞源

そくげん

blockage of a source

三冠馬

さんかんば

winner of Japan's three main horse races

騎馬

きば

horse riding

跳馬

ちょうば

long horse (for vaulting)

対抗馬

たいこうば

rival horse

千里馬

ちょんりま

Chollima

司馬

しば

Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China)

攻馬

せめうま

breaking in a horse

心猿意馬

しんえんいば

(being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions

玖馬

きゅーば

Cuba