苦尽甘来

Traditional form:

苦盡甘來

Pinyin (reading):

kǔjìngānlái

Definitions:

• bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning

Characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 尽 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete
• 甘 - sweet, tasty; willing
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 盡 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete
• 甘 - sweet, tasty; willing
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on