| 破茧成蝶 |
pò jiǎn chéng dié |
lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period |
| 破 |
pò |
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of |
| 茧 |
jiǎn |
(bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of 趼) |
| 茧 |
jiǎn |
variant of 茧 |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都 |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |
| 蝶 |
dié |
variant of 蝶 |
| 蝶 |
dié |
(bound form) butterfly |