絕處逢生

See also: 绝处逢生

Chinese

		dire situation	every time; meet by chance	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (絕處逢生)		絕處	逢	生
simp. (绝处逢生)		绝处	逢	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéchùféngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄔㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ cyu³ fung⁴ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-chhù hông-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juéchùféngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄔㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéchùfóngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-chʻu⁴-fêng²-shêng¹
    • Yale: jywé-chù-féng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuechuhferngsheng
    • Palladius: цзюэчуфэншэн (czjuečufɛnšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut⁶ cyu³ fung⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: jyuht chyu fùhng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ tsy³ fung⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ qu³ fung⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² t͡sʰyː³³ fʊŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-chhù hông-seng
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-tshù hông-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoadzhux hongsefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

絕處逢生

1. to get saved at a critical moment; to survive a crisis; to be unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation