大难不死，必有后福

• 大(person stretching limbs; figure of person with outstretched arms and legs)ASSOCIATIVE

A person standing with arms and legs spread wide symbolizes greatness and magnificence.

• 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
• 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL

Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.

• 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
• 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE

Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.

• 心(heart; mind)RADICAL
• 丿(stroke passing through)ASSOCIATIVE

A stroke piercing straight through the heart is what must inevitably happen.

• 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
• 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE

A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.

• 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
• 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE

A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.

• 礻(spirit; altar)RADICAL
• 畐(full; replete)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Fortune and prosperity overflow abundantly when divine blessings are bestowed upon you.