死灰復燃

Chinese
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 gray; ash
 
again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate
 burn; combustion
trad. (死灰復燃) 死 灰 復 燃
simp. (死灰复燃) 死 灰 复 燃
Literally: “dead embers relight”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-hoe-ho̍k-jiân / sí-he-ho̍k-jiân
      • Tâi-lô: sí-hue-ho̍k-jiân / sí-he-ho̍k-jiân
      • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hoe'hogjieen, sy'he'hogjieen
      • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue³³ hɔk̚²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ he³³ hɔk̚²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/, /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
      • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑiɛn²³/, /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑiɛn²³/

Idiom

死灰復燃

  1. renascent; to resurge
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