苦盡甘來

See also: 苦尽甘来

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	to come
trad. (苦盡甘來)		苦	盡	甘	來
simp. (苦尽甘来)		苦	尽	甘	来
Literally: “bitterness ends and happiness comes”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔjìngānlái

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄢㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² zeon⁶ gam¹ loi⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khó͘-chīn-kam-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǔjìngānlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄢㄌㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujinnganlai
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ kän⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² zeon⁶ gam¹ loi⁴
  - Yale: fú jeuhn gām lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² dzoen⁶ gam¹ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² zên⁶ gem¹ loi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡ʃɵn²² kɐm⁵⁵ lɔːy̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chīn-kam-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-tsīn-kam-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofcixnkamlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻²² kam³³ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻²² laɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin³³⁻¹¹ kam⁴⁴⁻³³ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin³³⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻³³ laɪ²³/

Idiom

苦盡甘來

the difficult time has passed and the pleasant or joyful time comes

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