咸鱼翻身
咸鱼翻身
xián yú fān shēn
lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom); fig. to experience a reversal of fortune
idiom
Traditional: 鹹魚翻身
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- (idiom) lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom)
- fig. to experience a reversal of fortune
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Related Words
一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)· before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
→时来运转(shí lái yùn zhuǎn)· the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break
→一败涂地(yī bài tú dì)· failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
→家道中落(jiā dào zhōng luò)· to come down in the world (idiom)
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