"鹹魚返生" meaning in Chinese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "咸鱼返生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鹹魚翻生"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "鹹魚返生",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "the salted fish becomes alive again",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "xiányú fānshēn",
          "word": "鹹魚翻身"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiányú fānshēn",
          "word": "咸鱼翻身"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure; to become a changed man; the underdog achieves success"
      ],
      "id": "en-鹹魚返生-zh-verb-9DBTgEPu",
      "links": [
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ],
        [
          "changed",
          "changed"
        ],
        [
          "underdog",
          "underdog"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure; to become a changed man; the underdog achieves success"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haam⁴ jyu⁴⁻² faan¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hàahm yú fāan sāang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haam⁴ jy⁴⁻² faan¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham⁴ yu⁴⁻² fan¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːm²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵ faːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːm²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵ faːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鹹魚返生"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "xiányú fānshēn",
      "word": "鹹魚翻身"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiányú fānshēn",
      "word": "咸鱼翻身"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "咸鱼返生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鹹魚翻生"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "鹹魚返生",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "the salted fish becomes alive again",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 生",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 返",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 魚",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 鹹",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure; to become a changed man; the underdog achieves success"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ],
        [
          "changed",
          "changed"
        ],
        [
          "underdog",
          "underdog"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure; to become a changed man; the underdog achieves success"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haam⁴ jyu⁴⁻² faan¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hàahm yú fāan sāang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haam⁴ jy⁴⁻² faan¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham⁴ yu⁴⁻² fan¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːm²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵ faːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːm²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵ faːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鹹魚返生"
}

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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "鹹魚返生"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "鹹魚返生",
  "trace": ""
}