苦尽甘来 — “After enduring hardships, good times will eventually follow”
苦尽甘来 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “After enduring hardships, good times will eventually follow”. Sweetness comes after bitterness. Literally, “bitterness ends, sweetness comes”.
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苦尽甘来 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 苦kǔ
- 尽jìn
- 甘gān
- 来lái
苦尽甘来 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 苦尽甘来
经过多年的努力和奋斗，她终于实现了自己的梦想，真是苦尽甘来啊！
After years of hard work and struggle, she finally realized her dream. It truly is a case of sweetness after bitterness!
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More idioms starting with 苦
- kǔ苦bù不kě可yán言too bitter to tell
- kǔ苦bù不kān堪yán言too miserable to describe
- kǔ苦bù不liáo聊shēng生live in utter misery
- kǔ苦zhōng中zuò作lè乐find joy in suffering
- kǔ苦lè乐bù不jūn均unequal distribution of joys and sorrows
- kǔ苦lè乐zhī之jìng境realm of suffering and joy
- kǔ苦zhēng争è恶zhàn战fierce and arduous struggle
- kǔ苦kǒu口zhī之yào药unpleasant but beneficial advice
- kǔ苦kǒu口pó婆xīn心to advise earnestly and patiently
- kǔ苦kǒu口è恶shí石unpleasant but beneficial advice
- kǔ苦kǒu口liáng良yào药Good medicine tastes bitter but cures illness
- kǔ苦kǒu口nì逆ěr耳sincere advice that is unpleasant to hear
Questions about 苦尽甘来
- What does 苦尽甘来 mean?
- 苦尽甘来 (kǔ jìn gān lái) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “After enduring hardships, good times will eventually follow”.
- How do you pronounce 苦尽甘来?
- 苦尽甘来 is pronounced kǔ jìn gān lái in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 苦尽甘来 literally mean?
- Literally, 苦尽甘来 means “bitterness ends, sweetness comes”. It is used to mean “After enduring hardships, good times will eventually follow”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 苦尽甘来?
- 甘：甜，比喻幸福。艰难的日子过完，美好的日子来到了。