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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「樂極生悲」, with its usage explained below.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「樂極生悲」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

When you are extremely happy, something sad happens.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lè jí shēng bēi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lok6 gik6 sang1 bei1

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.