苦尽甜来
kǔ​jìn​tián​lái

bitterness ends and sweetness begins

  • created sense approved 苦尽甜来/苦盡甜來 · kǔ​jìn​tián​lái · bitterness ends and sweetness begins — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦尽甜来 / 苦盡甜來

    kǔ​jìn​tián​lái

    bitterness ends and sweetness begins

    (variant form) the hard times are over and the good times have arrived; happiness follows after suffering

    苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · hardship 尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · to use up 甜 (literal) → 甜 · tián · sweet 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense