| 借尸还魂 |
jiè shī huán hún |
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise |
| 借 |
jiè |
to borrow / (used in combination with 给 or 出 etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 着) by; with |
| 借 |
jiè |
variant of 借 |
| 尸 |
shī |
(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) / (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 尸 |
| 尸 |
shī |
(bound form) corpse |
| 还 |
Huán |
surname Huan |
| 还 |
hái |
still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else |
| 还 |
huán |
to pay back / to return |
| 还魂 |
huán hún |
to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products) |
| 魂 |
hún |
old variant of 魂 |
| 魂 |
hún |
soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) |