咸鱼翻身

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

surname Xian

all / everyone / each / widespread / harmonious

salted / salty / stingy / miserly

salted fish

surname Yu

fish / CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

variant of 翻[fan1]

to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes

body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158