Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「剝極則複」, with more below.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「剝極則複」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
In the Bo hexagram, yin is strong and yang is weak, while in the Fu hexagram, yin reaches its extreme and It is a metaphor that everything will turn into the opposite extreme and good times will come after bad times.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bāo jí zé fú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mok1 gik6 jak1 fuk1
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