苦尽甘来 (苦盡甘來)
kǔ jìn gān lái
Pinyin

Definition

苦尽甘来 (苦盡甘來)
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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 classifier: 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

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)

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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