物极必反 wùjíbìfǎn things turn into their opposites when they reach an extreme Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 物极必反 物極必反 wùjíbìfǎn things turn into their opposites when they reach an extreme things will develop in the opposite direction once they reach their limit; extremes breed reversals Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.431 per million Cross-References Variant of 物极必返 wùjíbìfǎn物至则反 wùzhìzéfǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
物极必反 物極必反 wùjíbìfǎn things turn into their opposites when they reach an extreme things will develop in the opposite direction once they reach their limit; extremes breed reversals Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.431 per million Cross-References Variant of 物极必返 wùjíbìfǎn物至则反 wùzhìzéfǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
