柳暗花明 Save Sign in to save words liǔànhuāmíng ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˊ lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope light at the end of the tunnel Character by character 柳(liǔ)surname Liu 暗(àn)dark 花(huā)surname Hua 明(míng)Ming Dynasty A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0