殷忧启圣 — Chinese idiom
殷忧启圣
yīn yōu qǐ shèng
Traditional: 殷憂啟聖
Meaning
- deep suffering can lead to enlightenment
- storms make oaks take deeper root
Character by character
- 殷yīnmany, great; abundant, flourishing
- 忧yōusad, grieving; melancholy, grief
- 启qǐto open; to begin, to commence; to explain
- 圣shèngholy, sacred; sage, saint
Idioms sharing a character
- 内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn
- 内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn
- 后顾之忧 hòu gù zhī yōu
- 忧心忡忡 yōu xīn chōng chōng
- 排忧解难 pái yōu jiě nàn
- 杞人之忧 Qǐ rén zhī yōu
- 杞人忧天 Qǐ rén yōu tiān
- 无忧无虑 wú yōu wú lǜ
- 衣食无忧 yī shí wú yōu
- 高枕无忧 gāo zhěn wú yōu
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