大难不死 (dà nàn bù sǐ) — to survive a great disaster (often implying future good fortune)

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Examples

• 他经历了车祸，真是大难不死，现在生活得很好。
  Tā jīng lì le chē huò, zhēn shì dà nàn bù sǐ, xiàn zài shēng huó dé hěn hǎo.
  He went through a car accident, truly surviving a great disaster, and now lives well.
• 大家都说大难不死，必有后福，他一定会好起来的。
  Dà jiā dōu shuō dà nàn bù sǐ, bì yǒu hòu fú, tā yí dìng huì hǎo qǐ lái de.
  Everyone says that after surviving a great disaster, there will be good fortune; he will surely get better.
• 这位老人大难不死，活到了一百岁。
  Zhè wèi lǎo rén dà nàn bù sǐ, huó dào le yì bǎi suì.
  This elderly person survived a great disaster and lived to be a hundred years old.