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乐极悲生
lè​jí​bēi​shēng

extreme joy turns to sorrow

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 乐 樂 lè noun
    pleasure
    pleasure; joy; a happy event or thing
  2. 极 極 jí adjective
    to reach the limit
    (bound form) to reach the highest point; to exhaust or use to the full
  3. 悲 bēi adjectivenoun
    sad
    sad; grieving; sorrowful; melancholy
  4. 生 shēng verb
    to give rise to
    to give rise to; to happen; to cause; to generate