created reference approved 乐极生悲/樂極生悲 → 乐极悲生/樂極悲生 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
乐极生悲 / 樂極生悲 lèjíshēngbēi
乐极悲生 / 樂極悲生 lèjíbēishēng
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 乐极生悲/樂極生悲 → 乐极悲来/樂極悲來 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
乐极生悲 / 樂極生悲 lèjíshēngbēi
乐极悲来 / 樂極悲來 lèjíbēilái
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 乐极生悲/樂極生悲 · lèjíshēngbēi · extreme joy begets sorrow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
乐极生悲 / 樂極生悲
lèjíshēngbēi
extreme joy begets sorrow
extreme joy turns to sorrow; often used as a warning to not celebrate too early because things can still go wrong
乐 (literal) → 乐/樂 · lè · pleasure 极 (literal) → 极/極 · jí · to reach the limit 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to give rise to 悲 (literal) → 悲 · bēi · sad
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition