苦尽甘来 — Chinese idiom
苦尽甘来
kǔ jìn gān lái
Traditional: 苦盡甘來
Meaning
- bitterness finishes, sweetness begins ; the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
Character by character
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 尽jìnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 甘gānsweet, tasty; willing
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
Idioms sharing a character
- 不胜其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ
- 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
- 备尝辛苦 bèi cháng xīn kǔ
- 刻苦耐劳 kè kǔ nài láo
- 千辛万苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ
- 叫苦不迭 jiào kǔ bu dié
- 叫苦连天 jiào kǔ lián tiān
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ
- 含辛茹苦 hán xīn rú kǔ
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