qǐ​sǐ​huí​shēng

to bring back to life

  • created sense approved 起死回生 · qǐ​sǐ​huí​shēng · to bring back to life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    起死回生

    qǐ​sǐ​huí​shēng

    to bring back to life

    to snatch a patient from the jaws of death; describes exceptional medical skill

    起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 回生 (literal) → 回生 · huí​shēng · to bring back to life

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  • created sense approved 起死回生 · qǐ​sǐ​huí​shēng · to make a comeback — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    起死回生

    qǐ​sǐ​huí​shēng

    to make a comeback

    to turn around a hopeless situation; to make an unexpected recovery or rescue a failing enterprise

    起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 回生 (literal) → 回生 · huí​shēng · to bring back to life

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

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