「鹹魚返生 / 鹹魚翻生」
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| Individual Character Meaning： |
鹹 salty; salty (taste) 魚 fish 返 to return; to go back 生 raw; to give birth; uncooked; alive; Mr.; life; birth; grow; learner; to give birth to; to bear; to grow up; to grow; to cause; to give rise to |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to have an unexpected success after an apparent failure; literally "salted fish reviving" (Note: The phrase is never used to describe close-death encounters; 死過翻生 is used instead.)
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