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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「泰來否極」. Details below.

Today’s idiom is 「泰來否極」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Tai: The name of a hexagram in the Book of Changes, it is a good hexagram. No: The name of a hexagram in the Book of Changes, it is a bad hexagram. When things develop to a certain extent, they will transform into their opposites. Good things come because bad things have reached their end and bad things turn into good things. Also known as “No, Tai, and Lai”, “No

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tài lái fǒu jí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

taai3 loi4 fau2 gik6

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