| 绝处逢生 |
jué chù féng shēng |
(idiom) to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless |
| 绝 |
jué |
to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means |
| 绝 |
jué |
variant of 绝 |
| 处 |
chǔ |
to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish |
| 处 |
chù |
(bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point |
| 逢 |
féng |
to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |