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Home / Idiom / 东山再起

lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback

东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ
d+ōng·1st tonesh+ān·1st tonez+ài·4th toneq+ǐ·3rd tone
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You'll bounce back.
你会东山再起的。
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback · to prepare for new initiatives · to attempt a comeback重整旗鼓chóng zhěng qí gǔlit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) · fig. to regroup and come back even stronger · to make a comeback卷土重来juǎn tǔ chóng láilit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence · sth malevolent returns to haunt one死灰复燃sǐ huī fù ránto reinstate · to resume · to restore · to recover · to regain · to rehabilitate恢复huī fùlit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise借尸还魂jiè shī huán hún
Antonyms
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)风流云散fēng liú yún sànephemeral (idiom)过眼烟云guò yǎn yān yún
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