| 东山再起 |
dōng shān zài qǐ |
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 东山 |
Dōng shān |
see 东山县 / see 东山区 |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 再 |
zài |
again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur |
| 再起 |
zài qǐ |
to arise again / to make a comeback / resurgence |
| 起 |
qǐ |
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group |