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东山再起

dōng shān zài qǐ

4-character word Traditional 東山再起

What 东山再起 means

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

The characters in 东山再起

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 你会东山再起的。
  Nǐ huì dōngshānzàiqǐ de.
  You'll bounce back.