| 起死回生 |
qǐ sǐ huí shēng |
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery |
| 起 |
qǐ |
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 死 |
sǐ |
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |
| 回 |
huí |
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 回 |
huí |
to curve / to return / to revolve |
| 回 |
huí |
variant of 回 |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |