劫后余生

劫後餘生
jiéhòuyúshēng
(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity

CEDICT

to survive a disaster; to outlive a calamity

Wiktionary

历经灾难后存留下来的人。

重編國語辭典

灾难后倖存；度过灾害

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 劫 jié variant of 劫 jié
=1 劫 jié variant of 劫 jié
=1 劫 jié variant of 劫 jié
=1 劫 jié
  1. to rob
  2. to plunder
  3. to seize by force
  4. to coerce
  5. calamity
  6. abbr. for kalpa 劫波 jiébō
=2 后 hòu
  1. empress
  2. queen
  3. (archaic) monarch
  4. ruler
=2 后 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
3 余生 yúshēng
  1. the remaining years of one's life
  2. survival (after a disaster)