枯木逢春
Traditional form:
枯木逢春
Pinyin (reading):
kūmùféngchūn
Definitions:
- lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
- fig. to get a new lease on life
- to be revived
- (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
Characters:
- 枯 - dried out, withered, decayed
- 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 逢 - to happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
- 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
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