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Light in the Darkness in Chinese / Japanese...
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You must endure a harsh winter to appreciate the warmth of springtime
You must know hardship to appreciate happiness
This literally translates as: Without having experienced the cold of winter, one cannot appreciate the warmth of spring.
Figuratively, this means: One cannot truly appreciate happiness without having gone through hardship.
There are many contrasts in life. One simply cannot fully know what joy is without having experienced misery, difficulty, and pain. How could you explain “light” if you did not have “darkness” to compare it to?
Embrace hardship, as it makes the good times seem even better.
Comparison Leads to Truth and Enlightenment
不比不知道一比吓一跳 is a Chinese proverb that literally means: [If one not does] not make comparisons, [one will] not know [the truth] when [one] compares, [one will be] greatly surprised.
This goes to the idea that if you do not know bad times, you cannot know what good times are.
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You can not know light without experiencing darkness.
Another way to translate this would be: If you wish to be enlightened, you need to make comparisons and analyze every aspect (of a situation, issue, or problem).
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
六気 see styles |
rokki; rikki; rikuki ろっき; りっき; りくき |
(1) yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, light; (2) cold, heat, dryness, dampness, wind, fire; (3) six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate) |
四蛇 see styles |
sì shé si4 she2 ssu she shida |
idem 四毒蛇. The Fanyimingyi under this heading gives the parable of a man who fled from the two bewildering forms of life and death, and climbed down a rope (of life) 命根, into the well of impermanence 無常, where two mice, night and day, gnawed the rattan rope; on the four sides four snakes 四蛇 sought to poison him, i. e. the 四大 or four elements of his physical nature); below were three dragons 三毒龍 breathing fire and trying to seize him. On looking up he saw that two 象 elephants (darkness and light) had come to the mouth of the well; he was in despair, when a bee flew by and dropped some honey (the five desires 五欲) into his mouth, which he ate and entirely forgot his peril. |
幽冥 see styles |
yōu míng you1 ming2 yu ming yū mei ゆうめい |
dark; hell; netherworld; hades semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light darkness |
幽明 see styles |
yōu míng you1 ming2 yu ming yuumei / yume ゆうめい |
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light; (given name) Yūmei darkness and light |
明冥 see styles |
míng míng ming2 ming2 ming ming myōmyō |
The (powers of) light and darkness, the devas and Yama, gods and demons, also the visible and invisible. |
明暗 see styles |
mín gàn min2 gan4 min kan meian / mean めいあん |
light and darkness; light and shade; (surname) Meian light and darkness |
明闇 see styles |
mín gàn min2 gan4 min kan myōan |
light and darkness |
暗中明 see styles |
àn zhōng míng an4 zhong1 ming2 an chung ming anchūmmei |
light in the darkness |
暗中有明 see styles |
àn zhōng yǒu míng an4 zhong1 you3 ming2 an chung yu ming anchū umei |
light in the darkness |
薄暗がり see styles |
usukuragari うすくらがり |
semi-darkness; dim light; poor light; dusk; twilight |
明け放れる see styles |
akehanareru あけはなれる |
(Ichidan verb) to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way) |
闇夜の灯火 see styles |
yamiyonotomoshibi やみよのともしび |
(exp,n) light in the darkness; guiding beacon of light; godsend |
Variations: |
usukurayami うすくらやみ |
gloom; semi-darkness; dim light; poor light |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| You must endure a harsh winter to appreciate the warmth of springtime | 不經冬寒不知春暖 不经冬寒不知春暖 | bù jīng dōng hán bù zhī chūn nuǎn bu4 jing1 dong1 han2 bu4 zhi1 chun1 nuan3 bu jing dong han bu zhi chun nuan | pu ching tung han pu chih ch`un nuan pu ching tung han pu chih chun nuan |
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| Comparison Leads to Truth and Enlightenment | 不比不知道一比嚇一跳 不比不知道一比吓一跳 | bù bǐ bù zhī dào yī bǐ xià yì tiào bu4 bi3 bu4 zhi1 dao4 yi1 bi3 xia4 yi4 tiao4 bu bi bu zhi dao yi bi xia yi tiao | pu pi pu chih tao i pi hsia i t`iao pu pi pu chih tao i pi hsia i tiao |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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