What does 苦尽甘来 mean in Chinese?
苦尽甘来 (kǔjìn-gānlái) means bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just b….
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
苦尽甘来
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just b…
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
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bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
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The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
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How do you pronounce 苦尽甘来?
苦尽甘来 is pronounced kǔjìn-gānlái.
Is 苦尽甘来 an HSK word?
苦尽甘来 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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