卷土重来 — Chinese idiom

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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