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殷忧启圣
殷憂啟聖
yīnyōuqǐshèng
1. deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
2. storms make oaks take deeper root

Character Breakdown

殷
yīn
many, great; abundant, flourishing
10 丶
忧
yōu
sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
HSK 6 7 丶
启
qǐ
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
HSK 5 7 丶
圣
shèng
holy, sacred; sage, saint
HSK 6 5 丶

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