苦盡甘來

See also: 苦尽甘来

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	to come
trad. (苦盡甘來)		苦	盡	甘	來
simp. (苦尽甘来)		苦	尽	甘	来
Literally: “happiness comes when bitterness ends”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔjìngānlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄢ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² zeon⁶ gam¹ loi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-chīn-kam-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔjìngānlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄢ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔjìnganlái
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-chin⁴-kan¹-lai²
    • Yale: kǔ-jìn-gān-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujinnganlai
    • Palladius: куцзиньганьлай (kuczinʹganʹlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ kän⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² zeon⁶ gam¹ loi⁴
    • Yale: fú jeuhn gām lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² dzoen⁶ gam¹ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² zên⁶ gem¹ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡sɵn²² kɐm⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chīn-kam-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-tsīn-kam-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofcixnkamlaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lai²³/

Idiom

苦盡甘來

1. the difficult time has passed and the pleasant or joyful time comes