We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「東山複起」, with its usage explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「東山複起」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Refers to taking up an important position again. It also refers to regaining power after losing it. Same as “make a comeback”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dōng shān fú qǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dung1 saan1 fuk1 hei2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
