苦尽甘来 - ChineseDict

ku3

苦

jin4

尽

盡

gan1

甘

lai2

来

來

chengyu HSK6

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

苦 (苦): bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
尽 (儘): to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to
甘 (甘): surname Gan; abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
来 (來): to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

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