起色

qǐsè
  1. a turn for the better
  2. to pick up
  3. to improve

CEDICT

improvement (from a bad state); turn for the better

Wiktionary

情形好转。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
2 色 sè
  1. color
  2. look
  3. appearance
  4. sex

classifier: 種

Related entries

转机 zhuǎnjī
  1. (to take) a turn for the better
  2. to change planes
每件事情都有好的一面,　所以不用計算好處,　相反的要追求挫折,　才得到轉機,　洞燭先機.

There's an upside to everything so it's unnecessary to focus on the good; on the contrary, we should instead be pushing for reversals because it's only through setbacks that we improve and see decisive opportunities clearly.

Source: Tatoeba

拎起 līnqǐ to pick up (from the ground with one's hands)
拾 shí
  1. to pick up
  2. to collate or arrange
  3. ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
他拾起了書。

He picked up the book.

Source: Tatoeba

拾取 shíqǔ
  1. to pick up
  2. to collect
拿起 náqǐ to pick up
拿起來。

Pick it up.

Source: Tatoeba

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