{"path":"/entry/17549","title":"卷土重来 / 卷土重來 (juǎn tǔ chóng lái) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"卷土重来 / 卷土重來 (juǎn tǔ chóng lái): literally to return in a swirl of dust (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":17549,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["卷土重来"],"TRADITIONAL":["卷土重來"]}},"phonetic":"juǎn tǔ chóng lái","phoneticKey":"juan3 tu3 chong2 lai2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally to return in a swirl of dust ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively to regroup and come back even stronger","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to make a comeback","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":15803,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":"juán tǔ chóng lái"},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["重"],"TRADITIONAL":["重"]}},"phonetic":"chóng","primaryPhonetic":"zhòng"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"First attested in 841 in Du Mu's famous poem On the Pavilion by the Wu River","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"胜败兵家事不期，包羞忍耻是男儿。江东子弟多才俊，卷土重来未可知。","traditional":"勝敗兵家事不期，包羞忍恥是男兒。江東子弟多才俊，卷土重來未可知。"},"phonetic":"Shèngbài bīngjiā shì bùqī, bāoxiūrěnchǐ shì nán'ér. Jiāngdōng zǐdì duō cáijùn, juǎntǔchónglái wèi kězhī.","english":"Battle results are always hard to be foretold;\nBut to endure the shame is indeed brave and bold.\nThere's no lack of talents at River's East,\nA comeback may be launched before you can know.","ref":"841 (or 839), Du Mu, 《題烏江亭》"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}