fān​shāo

to recover gambling losses

  • created sense approved 翻梢 · fān​shāo · to recover gambling losses — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    翻梢

    fān​shāo

    to recover gambling losses

    To win back money lost while gambling

    翻, 梢

    翻 (literal) → 翻 · fān · to reverse 梢 (literal) → 梢 · shāo · end

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 翻梢 · fān​shāo · to get a break — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    翻梢

    fān​shāo

    to get a break

    To experience a turn for the better after a period of bad luck; to have one's luck change

    翻, 梢

    翻 (literal) → 翻 · fān · to reverse 梢 (literal) → 梢 · shāo · end

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

    created sense