東山再起

See also: 东山再起

Chinese

		the eastern peak of Mount Tai; Dongshan	again; once more; next in sequence again; once more; next in sequence; another	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (東山再起)		東山	再	起
simp. (东山再起)		东山	再	起
Literally: “to rise again from Dongshan”.

Etymology

Based on Xie An ((deprecated template usage) 謝安) of the Jin (晉) dynasty, who quit his office and lived in seclusion in Dongshan (a mountain in Zhejiang, China), but later returned to office.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngshānzàiqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕㄢ ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ saan¹ zoi³ hei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tong-san-chài-khí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngshānzàiqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕㄢ ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongshanzàicǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-shan¹-tsai⁴-chʻi³
    • Yale: dūng-shān-dzài-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongshantzaychii
    • Palladius: дуншаньцзайци (dunšanʹczajci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ saan¹ zoi³ hei²
    • Yale: dūng sāan joi héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ saan¹ dzoi³ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ san¹ zoi³ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯³³ hei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-san-chài-khí
    • Tâi-lô: tong-san-tsài-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongsanzae'qie
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ t͡sai¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ t͡sai²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi⁴¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 東山再起

1. to come back from a previous failure; to rise again