殷忧启圣殷憂啟聖

yīn yōu qǐ shèng

Meaning

deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root

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殷yīnmany, great; abundant, flourishing㐆殳忧yōusad, grieving; melancholy, grief忄尤启qǐto open; to begin, to commence; to explain户口圣shèngholy, sacred; sage, saint又土