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lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence · sth malevolent returns to haunt one

死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
s+ǐ·3rd toneh+uī·1st tonef+ù·4th toner+án·2nd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback东山再起dōng shān zài qǐlit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) · fig. to regroup and come back even stronger · to make a comeback卷土重来juǎn tǔ chóng láito reinstate · to resume · to restore · to recover · to regain · to rehabilitate恢复huī fùlit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise借尸还魂jiè shī huán hún
Antonyms
to put to the torch (idiom) · to commit to the flames · to burn sth down deliberately付之一炬fù zhī yī jùlit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) · fig. to elicit no response石沉大海shí chén dà hǎi
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