枯木逢春 — Chinese idiom
枯木逢春
kū mù féng chūn
Meaning
- lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree
- fig. to get a new lease on life
- to be revived
- (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
Character by character
- 枯kūdried out, withered, decayed
- 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 逢féngto happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
- 春chūnspringtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
Idioms sharing a character
- 冢中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
- 搜索枯肠 sōu suǒ kū cháng
- 海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn
- 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
- 刚毅木讷 gāng yì mù nè
- 呆若木鸡 dāi ruò mù jī
- 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái
- 土牛木马 tǔ niú mù mǎ
- 山颓木坏 shān tuí mù huài
- 木人石心 mù rén shí xīn
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