物極必反 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 物极必反 wùjíbìfǎn ㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄢˇ when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) Character by character 物(wù)thing 極(jí)extremely 必(bì)certainly 反(fǎn)contrary A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0