# 捲土重來
## Chinese

| | | | to come back; to return; to start againto come back; to return; to start again; to redo |
| trad. (捲土重來/卷土重來) | trad. (捲土重來/卷土重來) | 捲土/卷土 | 重來 |
| simp. (卷土重来) | simp. (卷土重来) | 卷土 | 重来 |

### Etymology

First attested in 841 in Du Mu's famous poem On the Pavilion by the Wu River:
       From: 841 (or 839), Du Mu, 《題烏江亭》
       Shèngbài bīngjiā shì bùqī, bāoxiūrěnchǐ shì nán'ér. Jiāngdōng zǐdì duō cáijùn, juǎntǔchónglái wèi kězhī. [Pinyin]
       Battle results are always hard to be foretold; But to endure the shame is indeed brave and bold. There's no lack of talents at River's East, A comeback may be launched before you can know.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juǎntǔchónglái
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun$^2$ tou$^2$ cung$^4$ loi$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: juǎntǔchónglái [Phonetic: juántǔchónglái]
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyuǎntǔchónglái
*** Wade–Giles: chüan$^3$-tʻu$^3$-chʻung$^2$-lai$^2$
*** Yale: jywǎn-tǔ-chúng-lái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuantuuchornglai
*** Palladius: цзюаньтучунлай (czjuanʹtučunlaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gyun$^2$ tou$^2$ cung$^4$ loi$^4$
*** Yale: gyún tóu chùhng lòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gyn$^2$ tou$^2$ tsung$^4$ loi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gün$^2$ tou$^2$ cung$^4$ loi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kyːn³⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: kjwenX thuX drjowng loj
Rime :
| Character | 捲 | 土 | 重 | 來 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 透 (6) | 澄 (11) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (80) | 模 (23) | 鍾 (7) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I | III | I |
| Fanqie | 居轉切 | 他魯切 | 直容切 | 洛哀切 |
| Baxter | kjwenX | thuX | drjowng | loj |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiuᴇn$^X$/ | /tʰuo$^X$/ | /ɖɨoŋ/ | /lʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚiɛn$^X$/ | /tʰuo$^X$/ | /ɖioŋ/ | /ləi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuæn$^X$/ | /tʰo$^X$/ | /ȡioŋ/ | /lɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwian$^X$/ | /tʰɔ$^X$/ | /ɖuawŋ/ | /ləj/ |
| Li Rong | /kjuɛn$^X$/ | /tʰo$^X$/ | /ȡioŋ/ | /lᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭwɛn$^X$/ | /tʰu$^X$/ | /ȡĭwoŋ/ | /lɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯wɛn$^X$/ | /tʰuo$^X$/ | /ȡʱi̯woŋ/ | /lɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | juǎn | tǔ | chóng | lái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gyun$^2$ | tou$^2$ | cung$^4$ | loi$^4$ |

### Idiom

捲土重來
* to stage a comeback after regaining one's strength
    From: 1167, 胡仔 (Hú Zī),《苕溪漁隱叢話》Second Collection, Volume XV
    Xiàng-shì yǐ bāqiān rén dùjiāng, bàiwáng zhīyú, wú yī huán zhě, qí shī rénxīn wéishèn, shúi kěn fù fù zhī! Qí bùnéng juǎntǔchónglái jué yǐ. [Pinyin]
    Xiang Yu initially led eight thousand young men across the Wu River, [advancing westward,] yet by the time he retreated to the riverbank after the tremendous defeat not a single one of them had survived. [Were he to cross back east and return] he would have completely lost people's support. Who would be willing to follow him again? It was absolutely impossible to make a comeback.