Entry
卷juǎn土tǔ重chóng来lái

  1. lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); fig. to regroup and come back even stronger; to make a comeback

    trad. 卷土重來

Also written 卷土重來【juǎn tǔ chóng lái】

Characters in this word

4
卷
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to roll up, (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation), (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive, a roll, classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

Pinyin
juǎn
Strokes
8
Frequency
3774 of 2500
Words starting with 卷Words ending in 卷Anywhere in a word
来
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to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Pinyin
lái
Traditional
來
Strokes
7
Frequency
33 of 2500
Words starting with 来Words ending in 来Anywhere in a word