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after the bitter comes the sweet; all sufferings have their reward; the bitterness ends and the sweetness begins

kǔ jìn gān lái

苦 尽 甘 来

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after the bitter comes the sweet; all sufferings have their reward; the bitterness ends and the sweetness begins
- yī zhí dào jiě fàng tā men cái kǔ jìn gān lái
  一直到解放，他们才苦尽甘来。
  Only with liberation did their misery end and their happiness begin.
- bù guǎn rì zi yǒu duō jiān nán yǐ hòu dōu huì kǔ jìn gān lái
  不管日子有多艰难，以后都会苦尽甘来。
  Things would work out even under tremendously difficult conditions.
- nǐ yào xiāng xìn yī qiè dū huì kǔ jìn gān lái de
  你要相信一切都会苦尽甘来的。
  You have to believe that everything will come to nothing.
synonym
yǔ guò tiān qíng雨过天晴 shí lái yùn zhuǎn时来运转 pǐ jí tài lái否极泰来 zhuǎn huò wéi fú转祸为福 kǔ jìn tián lái苦尽甜来

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