Chinese Couplet The One Who Can Always Eat "Life's Bitter Of Bitters" 吃得苦中苦 方為人上人 Poem by Frank Yue

Chinese Couplet The One Who Can Always Eat "Life's Bitter Of Bitters" 吃得苦中苦 方為人上人



Chinese Couplet

吃得苦中苦,
方為人上人。

《警世通言‧玉堂春落難逢夫》馮夢龍 輯


The one who can always eat "Life's bitter of bitters"
Shall emerge head and shoulders above all the others.


Of course, a more idiomatic translation, as suggested byin another blog, would be:

"Those who can endure the toughest of life's toughest challenges shall emerge head and shoulders above others."

(2013.10.16)

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: hope,perseverance,suffering
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