咸鱼翻身 — Chinese idiom
咸鱼翻身
xián yú fān shēn
Traditional: 鹹魚翻身
Meaning
- lit. the salted fish turns over
- fig. to experience a reversal of fortune
Character by character
- 咸xiánall, together, united; salted
- 鱼yúfish
- 翻fānto upset, to capsize, to flip over
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
Idioms sharing a character
- 咸与维新 xián yù wéi xīn
- 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
- 水清无鱼 shuǐ qīng wú yú
- 浑水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú
- 漏网之鱼 lòu wǎng zhī yú
- 缘木求鱼 yuán mù qiú yú
- 自相鱼肉 zì xiāng yú ròu
- 葬身鱼腹 zàng shēn yú fù
- 釜底游鱼 fǔ dǐ yóu yú
- 雁杳鱼沉 yàn yǎo yú chén
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