收合余烬 — “To collect or salvage the remnants”
收合余烬 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to collect or salvage the remnants”. To gather what is left or remains after a significant event or destruction, often referring to people or things. Literally, “Gather remaining embers/ashes”.
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收合余烬 Pronunciation and Pinyin
收合余烬 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 收合余烬
洪灾过后，当地居民们正在努力收合余烬，重建家园。
After the flood, local residents are working hard to gather what remains and rebuild their homes.
Idioms Related to 收合余烬
More idioms starting with 收
- shōu收zhī之sāng桑yú榆compensate for an initial loss with a later gain
- shōu收mǎi买rén人xīn心win popular support
- shōu收bīng兵huí回yíng营withdraw troops and return to camp
- shōu收dāo刀jiǎn检guà卦stop one's wrongdoing
- shōu收huí回chéng成mìng命withdraw a previously issued order
- shōu收yīn因zhǒng种guǒ果reap what one has sown
- shōu收yīn因jié结guǒ果reap what one has sown
- shōu收yuán园jié结guǒ果reap what one sows
- shōu收chéng成qì弃bài败fawn over successful, abandon defeated
- shōu收qí旗juǎn卷sǎn伞cease all activities
- shōu收cán残zhuì缀yì轶collect fragments and patch omissions
- shōu收lí离jiū纠sàn散gather the scattered and rectify the dispersed
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Open the tool →Questions about 收合余烬
What does 收合余烬 mean?
收合余烬 (shōu hé yú jìn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to collect or salvage the remnants”.
How do you pronounce 收合余烬?
收合余烬 is pronounced shōu hé yú jìn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 收合余烬 literally mean?
Literally, 收合余烬 means “Gather remaining embers/ashes”. It is used to mean “to collect or salvage the remnants”.
What is the Chinese definition of 收合余烬?
收：收拾，收取；余烬：烧剩的灰烬。比喻残留的人或物