Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「剝極必複」, explained here.
This feature highlights the idiom 「剝極必複」, with its meaning and examples shown 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 bì fú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mok1 gik6 bit1 fuk1
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
