Characters
- 物 (物): (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 极 (極): extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- 必 (必): certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 反 (反): contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
Resources
- Wiktionary: 物极必反
- MDBG: 物极必反
- Examples with 物极必反 on Tatoeba
Examples
物极必反。