[ duōnànxīngbāng ] (指遭到患难, 会促使内部团结, 发愤图强, 国家因而强威起来) foreign aggression often awakens a nation from its slumbers and thus helps make it strong.; much distress regenerates a nation.; deep distress resurrects a nation.; woe in itself is not a curse to a nation, rather it elicits the best in a nation and makes it thrive