lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom); fig. to experience a reversal of fortune
trad. 鹹魚翻身
Also written 鹹魚翻身【xián yú fān shēn】
Characters in this word
4咸
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surname Xian
- Pinyin
- Xián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 16685 of 2500
鱼
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Traditional
- 魚
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1545 of 2500
翻
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to turn over, to flip over, to overturn, to rummage through, to translate, to decode, to double, to climb over or into, to cross
- Pinyin
- fān
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 3670 of 2500
身
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body, life, oneself, personally, one's morality and conduct, the main part of a structure or body, pregnant, classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset, Kangxi radical 158
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3095 of 2500