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苦尽甘来

苦尽甘来 kǔjìngānlái

苦尽甘来 kǔjìngānlái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 苦尽甘来 kǔjìngānlái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǔjìngānlái | ku3 jin4 gan1 lai2
English translation
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning

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Traditional form

苦盡甘來

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Come for Peace. Stay for Wisdom.

Etymology of 苦尽甘来 kǔjìngānlái

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

cǎo

Positional decomposition

艹古

Number of Strokes

8

jǐn

Explanation

Simplified form of jǐn . Pictograph of scrubbing dishes clean after one is finished eating. The traditional component mǐn was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

尺⺀

Number of Strokes

6

Gān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of something sweet inside the mouth ( kǒu ).

Positional decomposition

卄二

Number of Strokes

5

lái

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of lái . Pictograph of wheat. The current meaning "come" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "wheat" is now written as mài .

Positional decomposition

未丷

Number of Strokes

7

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