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extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)

否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
p+ǐ·3rd tonej+í·2nd tonet+ài·4th tonel+ái·2nd tone
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the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break · things change for the better时来运转shí lái yùn zhuǎnbitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning苦尽甘来kǔ jìn gān láito get out of a predicament · to stick out · to take the initiative · remaining odd fraction after a division · a little more than出头chū tóuto have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom) · a blessing in disguise因祸得福yīn huò dé fúextreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!乐极生悲lè jí shēng bēi
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