kǔ​jìn​gān​lái

after suffering comes happiness

  • created reference approved 苦尽甘来/苦盡甘來 → 苦尽甜来/苦盡甜來 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦尽甘来 / 苦盡甘來 kǔ​jìn​gān​lái

    苦尽甜来 / 苦盡甜來 kǔ​jìn​tián​lái

    variant

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  • created reference approved 苦尽甘来/苦盡甘來 → 乐极生悲/樂極生悲 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦尽甘来 / 苦盡甘來 kǔ​jìn​gān​lái

    乐极生悲 / 樂極生悲 lè​jí​shēng​bēi

    antonym

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  • created reference approved 苦尽甘来/苦盡甘來 → 否极泰来/否極泰來 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦尽甘来 / 苦盡甘來 kǔ​jìn​gān​lái

    否极泰来 / 否極泰來 pǐ​jí​tài​lái

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 苦尽甘来/苦盡甘來 · kǔ​jìn​gān​lái · after suffering comes happiness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦尽甘来 / 苦盡甘來

    kǔ​jìn​gān​lái

    after suffering comes happiness

    bitterness finishes and sweetness begins; the hard times are over and the good times have arrived

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

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