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苦尽甘来 / 苦盡甘來

kǔ jìn gān lái

Meaning

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

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Example sentences

  • 吃苦了苦、苦尽甘来,享福了福、福尽悲来。

    喫苦了苦、苦盡甘來,享福了福、福盡悲來。

    chī kǔ le kǔ、 kǔ jìn gān lái, xiǎng fú le fú、 fú jǐn bēi lái。

    Suffering leads to happiness, and happiness leads to sorrow.

  • 苦尽甘来。

    苦盡甘來。

    kǔ jìn gān lái。

    After hardship comes happiness.

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