| 回光返照 |
huí guāng fǎn zhào |
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) |
| 回 |
Huí |
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) |
| 回 |
huí |
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around / to reply; to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times |
| 回 |
huí |
to curve / to return / to revolve |
| 回 |
huí |
variant of 回 |
| 光 |
guāng |
light; ray (CL:道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 返 |
fǎn |
to return (to) |
| 照 |
zhào |
variant of 照 / to shine / to illuminate |
| 照 |
zhào |
according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before |