绝处逢生

Traditional form:

絕處逢生

Pinyin (reading):

juéchùféngshēng

Definitions:

• to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless (idiom)

Characters:

• 绝 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 处 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
• 逢 - to happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth

Traditional characters:

• 絕 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 處 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
• 逢 - to happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth