乐极生悲
Traditional form:
樂極生悲
Pinyin (reading):
lèjíshēngbēi
Definitions:
- extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
Characters:
- 乐 - cheerful, happy, laughing; music
- 极 - extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 悲 - sorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry
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