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Home / Idiom / 借尸还魂

lit. 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
j+iè·4th tonesh+ī·1st toneh+uán·2nd toneh+ún·2nd tone
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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. 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 ránto reinstate · to resume · to restore · to recover · to regain · to rehabilitate恢复huī fù
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