| 卷土重来 |
juǎn tǔ chóng lái |
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback |
| 卷 |
juǎn |
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc) |
| 卷 |
juàn |
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll |
| 卷 |
juǎn |
to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc |
| 土 |
Tǔ |
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu |
| 土 |
tǔ |
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 重 |
chóng |
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer |
| 重 |
zhòng |
heavy / serious / to attach importance to |
| 重来 |
chóng lái |
to start over / to do sth all over again |
| 来 |
lái |
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来) / ever since (as in 自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) |