卷土重来 — Chinese idiom
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
Traditional: 卷土重來
Meaning
- lit. to return in a swirl of dust
- fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
- to make a comeback
Character by character
- 卷juǎnbook, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll
- 土tǔsoil, earth; items made of earth
- 重chóngheavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
Idioms sharing a character
- 手不释卷 shǒu bù shì juàn
- 收旗卷伞 shōu qí juǎn sǎn
- 开卷有益 kāi juàn yǒu yì
- 入土为安 rù tǔ wéi ān
- 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái
- 土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé
- 土牛木马 tǔ niú mù mǎ
- 土生土长 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng
- 土豪劣绅 tǔ háo liè shēn
- 土阶茅屋 tǔ jiē máo wū
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