物极必反 / 物極必反

wù jí bì fǎn

Meaning

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

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Example sentences

• 物极必反。

  物極必反。

  wù jí bì fǎn。

  Things will inevitably turn into their opposites when they reach their extremes.

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