卷土重来
juǎn​tǔ​chóng​lái

to stage a comeback

  • created reference approved 卷土重来/捲土重來 → 东山再起/東山再起 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卷土重来 / 捲土重來 juǎn​tǔ​chóng​lái

    东山再起 / 東山再起 dōng​shān​zài​qǐ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 卷土重来/捲土重來 · juǎn​tǔ​chóng​lái · to stage a comeback — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卷土重来 / 捲土重來

    juǎn​tǔ​chóng​lái

    to stage a comeback

    To rebuild one's strength and launch a counteroffensive after a defeat; to start over again after a failure.

    卷土重來

    卷 (literal) → 卷/捲 · juǎn · to sweep up 土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil 重来 (literal) → 重来/重來 · chóng​lái · to start over; to recur

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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