咸鱼翻身
鹹魚翻身Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom)
- 2.fig. to experience a reversal of fortune
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Wiktionary
- 1.to suddenly thrive and prosper while seemingly hopeless before; to make a comeback victory
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Etymology
Blend of Cantonese 鹹魚返生／咸鱼返生 (haam4 jyu4-2 faan1 saang1) and 翻身 (fānshēn, “to rise from poverty or slavery”). The Cantonese-specific word 返生 (faan1 saang1, “to be brought back to life”) was changed to the near-homophonic and synonymous 翻身 (fānshēn) when it spread to other varieties of Chinese.
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Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT