鹹魚翻身 xián yú fān shēn

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom)
  2. fig. to experience a reversal of fortune

CHARACTERS

鹹 xián salty, briny; salted; pickled
魚 yú fish; surname; KangXi radical 195
翻 fān flip over, upset, capsize
身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158