絕處逢生

See also: 绝处逢生

Chinese

		dire situation	every time; meet by chance	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (絕處逢生)		絕處	逢	生
simp. (绝处逢生)		绝处	逢	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juéchùféngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄔㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ cyu³ fung⁴ sang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-chhù hông-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juéchùféngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄔㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéchùfóngsheng
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²-chʻu⁴-fêng²-shêng¹
  - Yale: jywé-chù-féng-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuechuhferngsheng
  - Palladius: цзюэчуфэншэн (czjuečufɛnšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyut⁶ cyu³ fung⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: jyuht chyu fùhng sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ tsy³ fung⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ qu³ fung⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² t͡sʰyː³³ fʊŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-chhù hông-seng
  - Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-tshù hông-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoadzhux hongsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

絕處逢生

to get saved at a critical moment; to survive a crisis; to be unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation

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