chóng dǔ tiān rìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to see the light again (idiom) / delivered from oppression
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Original source entry:

重睹天日 重睹天日 [chong2 du3 tian1 ri4] /to see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression/

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  • 重
    chóng

    to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

    zhòng

    heavy / serious / to attach importance to

  • 睹
    dǔ

    to observe / to see

  • 天
    tiān

    day / sky / heaven

  • 日
    rì

    (bound form) sun / day / day of the month / (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Rì běn]) / (vulgar) to fuck / to have sex with

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