枯木逢春
kū​mù​féng​chūn

new lease on life

  • created sense approved 枯木逢春 · kū​mù​féng​chūn · new lease on life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    枯木逢春

    kū​mù​féng​chūn

    new lease on life

    Literally "a withered tree meets spring"; to get a new lease on life, to be revived, or for a desperate situation to suddenly improve

    枯 (literal) → 枯 · kū · withered 木 (literal) → 木 · mù · tree 逢 (literal) → 逢 · féng · to meet 春 (literal) → 春 · chūn · spring

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