劫后余生

(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity

variant of 劫[jie2]

variant of 劫[jie2]

variant of 劫[jie2]

to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]

empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

surname Yu

(archaic) I / me / variant of 餘|余[yu2], surplus

extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me

the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster)

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student