苦尽甘来
kǔ jìn gān lái
Pinyin

Definition

苦尽甘来
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kǔ jìn gān lái
  1. bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

甘
Gān
  1. 1 surname Gan
  2. 2 abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gān sù Shěng]
痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
苦
kǔ
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 hardship
  3. 3 pain
  4. 4 to suffer
  5. 5 to bring suffering to
  6. 6 painstakingly
辛苦
xīn kǔ
  1. 1 exhausting
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 tough
  4. 4 arduous
  5. 5 to work hard
  6. 6 to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7 hardship(s)
不甘心
bù gān xīn
  1. 1 not reconciled to
  2. 2 not resigned to
何苦
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?
刻苦
kè kǔ
  1. 1 hardworking
  2. 2 assiduous
劳苦
láo kǔ
  1. 1 to toil
  2. 2 hard work
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
受苦
shòu kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer hardship
吃苦
chī kǔ
  1. 1 to bear hardships
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
心甘情愿
xīn gān qíng yuàn
  1. 1 delighted to (do sth, idiom)
  2. 2 perfectly happy to do
  3. 3 most willing to do
甘心
gān xīn
  1. 1 to be willing to
  2. 2 to resign oneself to
甘甜
gān tián
  1. 1 sweet
甘肃
Gān sù
  1. 1 Gansu province, abbr. 甘[Gān], short name 隴|陇[Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lán zhōu]
甘草
gān cǎo
  1. 1 licorice root
甘蔗
gān zhe
  1. 1 sugar cane
  2. 2 CL:節|节[jié]
甘愿
gān yuàn
  1. 1 willingly
艰苦
jiān kǔ
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 arduous

Idioms (20)

不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
  2. 2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
  1. 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
  2. 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining
吃苦耐劳
chī kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
  1. 1 shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
  2. 2 for better or for worse
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
  2. 2 to bear one's cross
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
嘴甜心苦
zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
  1. 1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
坚苦卓绝
jiān kǔ zhuó jué
  1. 1 persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
  1. 1 solitary and impoverished (idiom)
小洞不堵，大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.

Sample Sentences

期待吃下第一口烤肉的那一刻，绝对是苦尽甘来的滋味。
qīdài chī xià dì yī kǒu kǎoròu de nà yī kè ，juéduì shì kǔjìngānlái de zīwèi 。
I'm looking forward to the first taste of barbecued meat, then all our hard work will be over and we can let the good times roll.
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还行吧，我也算苦尽甘来了。想当年独闯广州，什么苦没吃过。但我心里一直有个坚定的信念......
hái xíng ba ，wǒ yě suàn kǔjìngānlái le 。xiǎngdāngnián dú chuǎng Guǎngzhōu ，shénme kǔ méi chī guo 。dàn wǒ xīn lǐ yīzhí yǒu ge jiāndìng de xìnniàn ......
I’m doing OK, I guess. You have to go suffer before you get to enjoy the good times. Think of when I ran off alone to Guangzhou back then. What suffering didn't I go through? But, I always had a firm belief in my heart…
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