重见天日
chóng jiàn tiān rì
to see the light of day again; to come back to light
Character by character
重chóng
again
again
见jiàn
see
see
天tiān
sky
sky
日rì
sun
sun
Example
这批埋在地下两千多年的竹简终于重见天日。
After more than two thousand years underground, these bamboo slips have finally seen the light of day again.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
重 is chóng, “again”. Traditionally said of people freed from confinement or cleared of a wrong; now very common in news about relics, lost films and documents, or old buildings uncovered after restoration: 让…重见天日.
Learn this in Lesson 175 · HSK 7–9: 马王堆 (The tombs of Mawangdui)
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