起死回生

Chinese

		to bring the dead back to life	to be brought back to life; to bring back to life; to be out of practice to be brought back to life; to bring back to life; to be out of practice; to become rusty
trad. (起死回生)		起死	回生
simp. #(起死回生)		起死	回生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐsǐhuíshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sei² wui⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐsǐhuíshēng [Phonetic: qísǐhuíshēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsǐhhuéisheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ssŭ³-hui²-shêng¹
    • Yale: chǐ-sž-hwéi-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiisyyhweisheng
    • Palladius: цисыхуэйшэн (cisyxuejšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² sei² wui⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: héi séi wùih sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sei² wui⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² séi² wui⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ wuːi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

起死回生

1. (chiefly of a medical doctor) to bring the dying back to life; to turn around a hopeless situation

   • 相公一片熱腸救你，那指望報答？但願你此去，改行從善，莫負相公起死回生之德！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     相公一片热肠救你，那指望报答？但愿你此去，改行从善，莫负相公起死回生之德！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1627, Feng Menglong, 醒世恆言 (Stories to Awaken the World)

     Xiànggōng yīpiàn rècháng jiù nǐ, nǎ zhǐwàng bàodá? Dànyuàn nǐ cǐ qù, gǎixíng cóngshàn, mò fù xiànggōng qǐsǐhuíshēng zhī dé! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	死	回	生
き Grade: 3	し Grade: 3	かい Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​しかいせー [kíꜜshìkàìsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) きし​かいせー [kìshíꜜkàìsèè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɕika̠ise̞ː]

Noun

起(き)死(し)回(かい)生(せい) • (kishikaisei) 

1. revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization