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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 塞翁失馬焉知非福 [ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧㄢ ㄓ ㄈㄟ ㄈㄨˊ; sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2]
 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good