鹹魚翻身
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See also: 咸鱼翻身
Chinese[edit]
salted fish; zombie; corpse | to turn over; to double over; to turn around | ||
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trad. (鹹魚翻身) | 鹹魚 | 翻身 | |
simp. (咸鱼翻身) | 咸鱼 | 翻身 |
Etymology[edit]
Blend of Cantonese 鹹魚返生/咸鱼返生 (haam4 jyu4-2 faan1 saang1) and 翻身 (fānshēn, “to rise from poverty or slavery”). The Cantonese-specific word 返生 (faan1 saang1, “to be brought back to life”) was changed to the near-homophonic and synonymous 翻身 (fānshēn) when it spread to other varieties of Chinese.
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鹹魚翻身