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绝处逢生

jué chù féng shēng

4-character word Traditional 絕處逢生

What 绝处逢生 means

1. idiomto find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless

The characters in 绝处逢生

• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 处chǔto reside; to live; to dwell
• 逢féngto meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

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