绝处逢生 — Chinese idiom
绝处逢生
jué chù féng shēng
Traditional: 絕處逢生
Meaning
- to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless
Character by character
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
- 处chùto reside at, to live in; place, locale; departmen
- 逢féngto happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
Idioms sharing a character
- 一骑绝尘 yī qí jué chén
- 伤心欲绝 shāng xīn yù jué
- 坚苦卓绝 jiān kǔ zhuó jué
- 容华绝代 róng huá jué dài
- 屡禁不绝 lǚ jìn bù jué
- 弹尽援绝 dàn jìn yuán jué
- 弹尽粮绝 dàn jìn liáng jué
- 悲痛欲绝 bēi tòng yù jué
- 惨绝人寰 cǎn jué rén huán
- 拍案叫绝 pāi àn jiào jué
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