苦尽甘来
Simplified word
苦盡甘來
Traditional word
苦尽甘来 English definition
kǔ jìn gān lái
- bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom)
- the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
kǔ jìn gān lái
- bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom)
- the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
HSK level
Characters
- 苦 (kǔ): bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly;
- 尽 (jǐn): (jin4) to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); (jin3) to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to;
- 甘 (gān): sweet; willing;
- 来 (lái): to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next;