See 苦盡甘來 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "苦尽甘来",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "苦盡甘來",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "happiness comes when bitterness ends",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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},
{
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{
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{
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"source": "w"
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{
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},
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"glosses": [
"the difficult time has passed and the pleasant or joyful time comes"
],
"id": "en-苦盡甘來-zh-phrase-wxfQMW6E",
"links": [
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"pass",
"pass"
],
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
],
[
"joyful",
"joyful"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kǔjìngānlái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄢ ㄌㄞˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² zeon⁶ gam¹ loi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "khó͘-chīn-kam-lâi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kǔjìngānlái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄢ ㄌㄞˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kǔjìnganlái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kʻu³-chin⁴-kan¹-lai²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kǔ-jìn-gān-lái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "kuujinnganlai"
},
{
"roman": "kuczinʹganʹlaj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "куцзиньганьлай"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ kän⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² zeon⁶ gam¹ loi⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fú jeuhn gām lòih"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² dzoen⁶ gam¹ loi⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² zên⁶ gem¹ loi⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/fuː³⁵ t͡sɵn²² kɐm⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "khó͘-chīn-kam-lâi"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "khóo-tsīn-kam-lâi"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "qofcixnkamlaai"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lai²⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lai²³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
}
],
"word": "苦盡甘來"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "苦尽甘来",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "苦盡甘來",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "happiness comes when bitterness ends",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 來",
"Chinese terms spelled with 甘",
"Chinese terms spelled with 盡",
"Chinese terms spelled with 苦",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"the difficult time has passed and the pleasant or joyful time comes"
],
"links": [
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"pass",
"pass"
],
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
],
[
"joyful",
"joyful"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kǔjìngānlái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄢ ㄌㄞˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² zeon⁶ gam¹ loi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "khó͘-chīn-kam-lâi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kǔjìngānlái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄢ ㄌㄞˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kǔjìnganlái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kʻu³-chin⁴-kan¹-lai²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kǔ-jìn-gān-lái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "kuujinnganlai"
},
{
"roman": "kuczinʹganʹlaj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "куцзиньганьлай"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ kän⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² zeon⁶ gam¹ loi⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fú jeuhn gām lòih"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² dzoen⁶ gam¹ loi⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fu² zên⁶ gem¹ loi⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/fuː³⁵ t͡sɵn²² kɐm⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "khó͘-chīn-kam-lâi"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "khóo-tsīn-kam-lâi"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "qofcixnkamlaai"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lai²⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lai²³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
}
],
"word": "苦盡甘來"
}
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