柳暗花明
Traditional form:
柳暗花明
Pinyin (reading):
liǔ'ànhuāmíng
Definitions:
- lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope
- light at the end of the tunnel
Characters:
- 柳 - willow tree; pleasure; surname
- 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
- 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
- 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
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