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- to pull back
- to regain (one's dignity etc)
- to recover from (an adverse situation)
- to turn the tables
- ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
- to recover some lost ground (in a competition)
Trad. 扳龍附鳳
- hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement