殷忧启圣
Traditional form:
殷憂啟聖
Pinyin (reading):
yīnyōuqǐshèng
Definitions:
- deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
- storms make oaks take deeper root
Characters:
- 殷 - many, great; abundant, flourishing
- 忧 - sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
- 启 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
- 圣 - holy, sacred; sage, saint
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