「鹹魚返生 / 鹹魚翻生」

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Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 鹹魚返生 haam4 jyu2 faan1 saang1
  • 鹹魚翻生 haam4 jyu2 faan1 saang1
  • 鹹魚翻身 haam4 jyu2 faan1 san1
Individual
Character Meaning:
salty; salty (taste)
fish
to return; to go back
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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