Make a comeback

Make a comeback

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā NGG ō ngsh é Gu ò, which means to take credit to compensate for negligence. It comes from the tiger head card by Li Zhifu of Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The third discount in the tiger head card written by Li Zhifu of Yuan Dynasty: "since he killed again for a while, and the captured population, cattle, sheep and horses have come back, I'll give him a cut."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: to make atonement for one's merits

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and object; it refers to taking credit to compensate for a crime.