"blessing" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 祝福
• 福气

Definition

Blessing 指能给生活带来帮助、幸福或宽慰的好事。它也可以指祈求上帝保佑与保护的话语或祷告。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这个词既常见于宗教语境，也常用于日常表达。说某事 is 'a blessing' 时，通常表示它特别有帮助，尤其是在困难情况下。常见搭配有 'a blessing in disguise'、'count your blessings' 和 'give someone your blessing'.

Examples

Good health is a blessing.

健康是一种**祝福**。

The priest gave a blessing before dinner.

牧师在晚饭前做了**祝福**。

Having clean water is a blessing.

有干净的水是一种**福气**。

That extra week off was a real blessing after such a stressful month.

在那么大压力的一个月之后，多放一周假真是种**祝福**。

At first, losing that job felt awful, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

一开始，失去那份工作感觉很糟，但结果证明那是一个伪装的**祝福**。

Her parents finally gave the couple their blessing to move abroad.

她的父母终于给了这对夫妻去国外生活的**祝福**。