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否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
Pinyin
Definition
否极泰来
-
pǐ jí tài lái
extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
Character Decomposition
否
一
丿
卜
口
极
木
㇎
丿
㇏
泰
一
二
丨
八
氺
来
木
一
丷
Related Words
(20)
否则
fǒu zé
1
if not
2
otherwise
3
else
4
or else
是否
shì fǒu
1
whether (or not)
2
if
3
is or isn't
可否
kě fǒu
1
is it possible or not?
否
fǒu
1
to negate
2
to deny
3
not
否定
fǒu dìng
1
to negate
2
to deny
3
to reject
4
negative (answer)
5
negation
否认
fǒu rèn
1
to declare to be untrue
2
to deny
泰
Tài
1
Mt Tai 泰山[Tài Shān] in Shandong
2
abbr. for Thailand
泰勒
Tài lè
1
Taylor (name)
泰国
Tài guó
1
Thailand
2
Thai
泰坦尼克号
Tài tǎn ní kè Hào
1
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912
泰安
Tài ān
1
Tai'an city prefecture level city in Shandong
2
Tai'an township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan
泰山
Tài Shān
1
Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wǔ yuè]
泰戈尔
Tài gē ěr
1
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer
泰然
tài rán
1
calm
2
self-composed
能否
néng fǒu
1
whether or not
2
can it or can't it
3
is it possible?
与否
yǔ fǒu
1
whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
不置可否
bù zhì kě fǒu
1
decline to comment
2
not express an opinion
3
be noncommittal
4
hedge
伏尔泰
Fú ěr tài
1
Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
加泰罗尼亚
Jiā tài luó ní yà
1
Catalonia
否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
1
extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
Idioms
(10)
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
1
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
1
extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
1
the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
有眼不识泰山
yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān
1
lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom)
2
fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent
3
to be blind to the fact
泰山北斗
Tài shān Běi dǒu
1
as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men
泰然自若
tài rán zì ruò
1
cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves
2
perfectly composed
泰然处之
tài rán chǔ zhī
1
to handle the situation calmly (idiom)
2
unruffled
3
to treat the situation lightly
重于泰山
zhòng yú Tài Shān
1
heavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter
鸿毛泰山
hóng máo Tài Shān
1
lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
2
fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿毛泰岱
hóng máo tài dài
1
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
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