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Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「否極陽回」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

Here, we present the idiom 「否極陽回」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

It is like saying that after bad times comes good times. The Tai hexagram is yang inside and yin outside, so it is called yang. It means that when bad luck comes to an end, good luck will come.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fǒu jí yáng huí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fau2 gik6 yeung4 wui4

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.