物极必反
Traditional form:
物極必反
Pinyin (reading):
wùjíbìfǎn
Definitions:
- when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
Characters:
- 物 - thing, substance, matter; creature
- 极 - extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
- 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
- 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
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