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No Pain No Gain
Literally: No Pain, No Strength
不痛不強 is a proverb that is close to our idea of “no pain, no gain” in English. It holds this meaning in the context of working out at the gym etc.
不痛不強 means “no pain, no strength,” meaning that if you don't experience a little pain, you will not gain any strength.
No Pain No Gain
痛みなくして得るものなし is a Japanese phrase that means “no pain, no gain.”
This suggests that with pain, a gain must follow.
The pain Kanji here can also be translated as sorrow or suffering. The gain can also mean profit, advantage, or benefit. In the Japanese Buddhist context, that gain Kanji can mean rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana.
The character breakdown:
痛みなく (itami naku) pain; ache; sore; grief; distress. The naku part adds the meaning of “a lot of” or “extended”
して (shite) and then. (indicates a causative expression; acts as a connective particle)
得る (eru) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain.
もの (mono) conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason.
なし (nashi) none of; -less; without; no.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
There is no pleasure without pain
No pain, no gain
苦は楽の種 is a Japanese proverb that means “One cannot have pleasure without pain.”
It's one of a few Japanese ways to say, “No pain, no gain.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Without a big net, how can you catch fish?
不撒大網不得大魚 is a Chinese proverb that literally translates as: [if one does] not cast a big net, [one can] not get big fish.
Figuratively, this means: One cannot make great accomplishments without making great efforts or taking great pains.
This is sort of the fishing version of, “No pain, no gain.”
Spare No Effort
不遺餘力 is a Chinese proverb that can be translated in many ways. Here are some of them: go to any lengths; with all one's might; spare no pain; do one's utmost.
If you feel hard work and holding nothing back is your philosophy, this is the phrase for you.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
無痛 无痛 see styles |
wú tòng wu2 tong4 wu t`ung wu tung mutsuu / mutsu むつう |
More info & calligraphy: Painless(noun - becomes adjective with の) painless |
苦は楽の種 see styles |
kuharakunotane くはらくのたね |
More info & calligraphy: There is no pleasure without pain |
捨 舍 see styles |
shě she3 she sha しゃ |
to give up; to abandon; to give alms {Buddh} equanimity; upeksa; upekkha upekṣā, neglect, indifference, abandoning, M.W. To relinquish, renounce, abandon, reject, give. One of the chief Buddhist virtues, that of renunciation, leading to a state of "indifference without pleasure or pain" (Keith), or independence of both. v. 舍. It is defined as the mind 平等 in equilibrium, i.e. above the distinction of things or persons, of self or others; indifferent, having abandoned the world and all things and having no affections or desires. One of the seven bodhyaṅgas. Translit. sa, śa, s(r). |
加虐 see styles |
kagyaku かぎゃく |
(n,vs,adj-no) causing pain; sadism |
心痛 see styles |
xīn tòng xin1 tong4 hsin t`ung hsin tung shintsuu / shintsu しんつう |
to feel distressed about something; heartache; cardiac pain (n,vs,vi,adj-no) worry; mental agony; heartache |
涅槃 see styles |
niè pán nie4 pan2 nieh p`an nieh pan nehan ねはん |
(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4]) (1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘. |
耳痛 see styles |
ěr tòng er3 tong4 erh t`ung erh tung jitsuu / jitsu じつう |
earache (noun - becomes adjective with の) {med} earache; aural pain; ear pain; otalgia; otodynia |
苦渋 see styles |
kujuu / kuju くじゅう |
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) (1) bitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction; (2) bitterness and astringency |
鎮痛 镇痛 see styles |
zhèn tòng zhen4 tong4 chen t`ung chen tung chintsuu / chintsu ちんつう |
to suppress pain (n,adj-no,vs,vt,vi) pain relief; killing pain |
阿鼻 see styles |
ā bí a1 bi2 a pi abi あび |
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells; fig. hell; hell on earth {Buddh} Avici (lowest level of hell) Avīci, 阿鼻旨; 阿鼻脂; 阿鼻至; the last and deepest of the eight hot hells, where the culprits suffer, die, and are instantly reborn to suffering, without interruption 無間. It is the 阿鼻地獄 (阿鼻旨地獄) or the 阿鼻焦熱地獄hell of unintermitted scorching; or the阿鼻喚地獄 hell of unintermitted wailing; its wall, out of which there is no escape, is the 阿鼻大城. |
删闍夜 删阇夜 see styles |
shān shé yè shan1 she2 ye4 shan she yeh Sanjaya |
(or 耶毘羅胝子); 删逝移毘刺知子 Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, or Saṁjayin Vairaḍīputra, one of the six founders of heretical or non-Buddhist schools, whose doctrine was that pain and suffering would end in due course, like unwinding a ball of silk, hence there was no need of seeking the 'Way'. |
不勞無獲 不劳无获 see styles |
bù láo wú huò bu4 lao2 wu2 huo4 pu lao wu huo |
no pain, no gain (idiom) |
楽あれば苦あり see styles |
rakuarebakuari らくあればくあり |
(expression) After pleasure comes pain; There is no pleasure without pain; There is no rose without a thorn; Take the good with the bad |
楽有れば苦有り see styles |
rakuarebakuari らくあればくあり |
(expression) After pleasure comes pain; There is no pleasure without pain; There is no rose without a thorn; Take the good with the bad |
労多くして功少なし see styles |
rouookushitekousukunashi / roookushitekosukunashi ろうおおくしてこうすくなし |
(expression) (idiom) all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain |
百害あって一利なし see styles |
hyakugaiatteichirinashi / hyakugaiattechirinashi ひゃくがいあっていちりなし |
(expression) all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain |
百害あって一利無し see styles |
hyakugaiatteichirinashi / hyakugaiattechirinashi ひゃくがいあっていちりなし |
(expression) all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain |
Variations: |
kurushimagire くるしまぎれ |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (oft. as 〜に) (out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain |
吃得苦中苦，方為人上人 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人 see styles |
chī dé kǔ zhōng kǔ , fāng wéi rén shàng rén chi1 de2 ku3 zhong1 ku3 , fang1 wei2 ren2 shang4 ren2 ch`ih te k`u chung k`u , fang wei jen shang jen chih te ku chung ku , fang wei jen shang jen |
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb); no pain, no gain |
Variations: |
kurushimagire くるしまぎれ |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (oft. as 〜に) (out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain |
Variations: |
rakuarebakuari らくあればくあり |
(expression) (proverb) after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad |
Variations: |
kuarebarakuari くあればらくあり |
(expression) (proverb) no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown |
Variations: |
hyakugaiatteichirinashi / hyakugaiattechirinashi ひゃくがいあっていちりなし |
(expression) (idiom) all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain |
Variations: |
rakuhakunotanekuharakunotane らくはくのたねくはらくのたね |
(expression) (proverb) there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain |
Variations: |
rakuhakunotane、kuharakunotane らくはくのたね、くはらくのたね |
(expression) (proverb) there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| No Pain No Gain | 不痛不強 不痛不强 | bú tòng bù qiáng bu2 tong4 bu4 qiang2 bu tong bu qiang butongbuqiang | pu t`ung pu ch`iang putungpuchiang pu tung pu chiang |
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| No Pain No Gain | 痛みなくして得るものなし | itami naku shite erumono wa nashi | ||
| There is no pleasure without pain | 苦は楽の種 | ku wa raku no tane kuwarakunotane | ||
| Without a big net, how can you catch fish? | 不撒大網不得大魚 不撒大网不得大鱼 | bù sā dà wǎng bù dé dà yú bu4 sa1 da4 wang3 bu4 de2 da4 yu2 bu sa da wang bu de da yu busadawangbudedayu | pu sa ta wang pu te ta yü pusatawangputetayü |
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| Spare No Effort | 不遺餘力 / 不遺余力 不遗余力 | bù yí yú lì bu4 yi2 yu2 li4 bu yi yu li buyiyuli | pu i yü li puiyüli |
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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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