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苦尽甘来

kǔ jìn gān lái

HSK 6 4-character word Traditional 苦盡甘來

What 苦尽甘来 means

1. bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning

The characters in 苦尽甘来

• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end
• 甘gān(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦; to be willing (to do sth)
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 苦尽甘来。
  Kǔ jìn gān lái.
  No sweet without sweat.