苦尽甘来苦盡甘來

kǔ jìn gān lái

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning

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苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering艹古尽jǐnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete尺⺀甘gānsweet, tasty; willing卄二来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on未丷