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上岸

Mandarin · pinyin shàng àn

to go ashore; to climb ashore
(fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)

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Cantonese word readings for 上岸. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(verb-object) to go ashore; to climb ashore
(figuratively) to make it, to land (to/in the civil service, graduate school, a new country, etc.)
(figuratively, slang) to leave the pornography or sex work industry and start one's life afresh
(Loudi Xiang, chiefly Buddhism) to pass away