고생 끝에 낙이 온다고 · 고생 끝에 낙이 온다잖아요
after hardship comes happiness; no pain, no gain
Example
고생 끝에 낙이 온다고, 3년 동안 준비한 시험에 드디어 합격했어요.
After hardship comes happiness: I finally passed the exam I'd prepared for over three years.
Word parts
고 bitter, hardship+생 life+낙 joy
Literally 'at the end of hardship, joy comes'.
Good to know
The native-sounding counterpart of the four-character idiom 고진감래. Used to comfort someone in a hard time, or looking back after success.