Zhè zhī qiúduì huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí, qíjì bān de yíng le.
The team pulled off a miracle and won against all odds.
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From 《庄子·知北游》: 腐朽复化为神奇 — in Zhuangzi's view of transformation, rotten things become magical, magical things rot; the two flow into each other. The modern idiom keeps the first half.
usage
Used for creative or skilled transformation — recycled art, underdog teams, clever writers, chefs who elevate scraps. The 'rotten' can be literal (waste) or figurative (mediocre material).
