HSK 7-9
苦尽甘来
kǔjìn-gānláibitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
坚持多年后终于苦尽甘来。
Jiānchí duōnián hòu zhōngyú kǔjìn-gānlái.
After years of perseverance, the hard times finally gave way to better ones.
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Appears across levels (7-9) in the HSK 3.0 word list.