劫后余生 — Chinese idiom
劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng
Traditional: 劫後餘生
Meaning
- to be a survivor of a calamity
Character by character
- 劫jiéto take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 余yúsurplus, remainder; surname
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
Idioms sharing a character
- 劫富济贫 jié fù jì pín
- 劫数难逃 jié shù nán táo
- 打家劫舍 dǎ jiā jié shè
- 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié
- 逃过一劫 táo guò yī jié
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不顾前后 bù gù qián hòu
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
- 先来后到 xiān lái hòu dào
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