| 否极泰来 |
pǐ jí tài lái |
extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) |
| 否 |
fǒu |
to negate / to deny / not |
| 否 |
pǐ |
clogged / evil |
| 极 |
jí |
extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top |
| 泰 |
Tài |
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand |
| 泰 |
tài |
safe / peaceful / most / grand |
| 泰来 |
Tài lái |
Tailai county in Qiqihar 齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang |
| 来 |
lái |
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来) / ever since (as in 自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) |