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

物极必反
wù jí bì fǎn
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles · the wheel comes full circle周而复始zhōu ér fù shǐextreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!乐极生悲lè jí shēng bēi
Antonyms
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive · once you've seen one, you've seen them all千篇一律qiān piān yī lu:4