否极泰来

pǐ jí tài lái

after the worst comes the best

Character by character

否pǐ
bad

极jí
extreme

泰tài
good

来lái
comes

别灰心，否极泰来，好日子在后头。

Don't lose heart. When things hit bottom they turn around.

Tone: neutral.

否 is pǐ here: 否 and 泰 are two hexagrams of the 《易经》, bad and good fortune.

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