deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root
trad. 殷憂啟聖
Also written 殷憂啟聖【yīn yōu qǐ shèng】
Characters in this word
4殷
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surname Yin, dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan
- Pinyin
- Yīn
- Strokes
- 10
忧
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to worry, to concern oneself with, worried, anxiety, sorrow, (literary) to observe mourning
- Pinyin
- yōu
- Traditional
- 憂
- Strokes
- 7
启
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variant of 啟|启[qi3]
- Pinyin
- qǐ
- Traditional
- 唘
- Strokes
- 7
圣
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(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
- Pinyin
- kū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3194 of 2500