Bitter first, then sweet [xiān kǔ hòu tián]: First experience suffering, then live a happy life.
This idiom shows that people can only live a happy life through suffering, and encourage people to carry forward the spirit of hard struggle, and life will be better.
According to legend, the word "bitter before sweet" was realized by the ancients from the tea ceremony. At first, the new tea was thick and bitter, and then it gradually became sweet after repeated brewing. The philosophy it contains is often used to encourage people not to care about the present difficulties but to keep an optimistic attitude and see a bright future.
Extended data:
There is a poem with the same effect as "bitter before sweet": "The sword is sharpened, and the plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold" "How can it be fragrant if it is not cold?"
The sword front comes from sharpening, and the plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold. From "the diligence of abstaining from sages": there are fields that are not cultivated and books that are not read. Bao Jianfeng came from sharpening the fragrance of plum blossoms and suffering from cold. He is young and doesn't know how to work hard. When he came, he regretted studying late. It means that the sharpness of the sword is constantly honed, and the plum blossoms that have survived the cold winter are more fragrant.
Plum blossoms are fragrant unless they are cold. How can they be fragrant? Wan Shang Xia from the show. It means that without experiencing such a thorough cold, how can there be such a fragrant plum blossom fragrance? These two poems are often used to encourage people: to be a master, you have to suffer; Can withstand the rigorous exercise torture, and then have special efforts to achieve.