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乐极生悲

lè jí shēng bēi

4-character word Traditional 樂極生悲

What 乐极生悲 means

1. extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!

The characters in 乐极生悲

• 乐lèhappy; cheerful; to laugh
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 悲bēisad; sadness; sorrow

Example sentences

• 乐极生悲。
  Lèjíshēngbēi.
  Extreme joy begets sorrow.