东山再起

dōngshānzàiqǐ

stage a comeback; resume one's former position, comeback

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bob up like a cork; stage a comeback

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bob up like a cork

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dong1 shan1 zai4 qi3

lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback

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东山再起

dōng shān zài qǐ

（比喻失势之后重新恢复地位） stage a comeback; bob up like a cork; make a comeback; return to a previous stage; return to power; resume one's former position; regain political power after one has lost it; start from scratch all over again:

那个人经过患难，东山再起。 That fellow bobs up like a cork.

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東山再起|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