揚幡招魂
yáng​fān​zhāo​hún

to summon the soul

  • created sense approved 扬幡招魂/揚幡招魂 · yáng​fān​zhāo​hún · to summon the soul — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扬幡招魂 / 揚幡招魂

    yáng​fān​zhāo​hún

    to summon the soul

    to raise a banner to call back the soul of a dying or deceased person; figuratively, to attempt to revive an obsolete system or a dead idea

    扬 (literal) → 扬/揚 · yáng · to raise 幡 (literal) → 幡 · fān · funeral streamer 招魂 (literal) → 招魂 · zhāo​hún · to call back a soul

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense