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乐极生悲

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哪知道乐极生悲
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防止乐极生悲
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没想到乐极生悲
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真是乐极生悲

Definition

乐极生悲

Literally means:

extreme joy begets sorrow

Actually means:

It means joy at its height engenders sorto. It usually means something sorrowful or distressing occurs at the point of great delight.

快乐到了极点的时候就会发生悲痛的事情。多指正在快乐的时候,意外地发生令人悲愁或悲伤的事情。

Example

Used as predicate or object. (作谓语、宾语)
1
ge
那个
lǎo
老大爷
zhīdào
知道
自己
zhōng
le
jiǎng
大奖
hòu
gāoxìng
高兴
de
yūn
le
guò
过去
  
,
zhēnshi
真是
shēngbēi
乐极生悲
  

The old man fainted with joy when he knew he had won the big prize.

2
men
他们
ge
lǎopéngyou
老朋友
一起
le
bēi
  
,
rán
居然
shēngbēi
乐极生悲
  
,
yǒu
guòtóu
过头
le
  
,
bèi
sòng
jìn
le
yuàn
医院
  

Several of their old friends had a few drinks together, but they were so sad that one of them overs drank and was taken to the hospital.

3
Jié
节日
jiān
期间
  
,
jiā
大家
yīnggāi
应该
duō
zhù
注意
  
,
kāixīn
开心
de
tóngshí
同时
fángzhǐ
防止
shēngbēi
乐极生悲
  

During the festival, we should pay more attention to, happy at the same time to prevent the joy of life and sorrow.

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