绝处逢生
jué​chù​féng​shēng

to find a way to survive when all hope is lost

  • created sense approved 绝处逢生/絕處逢生 · jué​chù​féng​shēng · to find a way to survive when all hope is lost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    绝处逢生 / 絕處逢生

    jué​chù​féng​shēng

    to find a way to survive when all hope is lost

    (idiom) to find a way out of a desperate situation; to be unexpectedly rescued from the brink of disaster

    绝 (literal) → 绝/絕 · jué · hopeless 处 (literal) → 处/處 · chù · place 逢 (literal) → 逢 · féng · to meet 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to live

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