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物极必反

wù jí bì fǎn

4-character word Traditional 物極必反

What 物极必反 means

1. when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)

The characters in 物极必反

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down

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