撿回命

Chinese

		pick up; collect; gather	to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	life; fate
trad. (撿回命)		撿	回	命
simp. (捡回命)		捡	回	命
alternative forms		撿回一命／捡回一命 撿回一條命／捡回一条命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnhuí mìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnhuí mìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnhuéi mìng
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-hui² ming⁴
    • Yale: jyǎn-hwéi mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanhwei minq
    • Palladius: цзяньхуэй мин (czjanʹxuej min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

Verb

撿回命

1. (idiomatic, emphatic) to serendipitously survive; to live past a life-threatening event

   吃魚前曬照撿回命 [MSC, trad.]
   吃鱼前晒照捡回命 [MSC, simp.]

   chī yú qián shài zhào jiǎnhuí mìng [Pinyin]

   Man saved by sharing photos before eating a fish