回光返照

Traditional form:

回光返照

Pinyin (reading):

huíguāngfǎnzhào

Definitions:

• final radiance of setting sun
• fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)

Characters:

• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 返 - to restore, to return, to revert to
• 照 - to shine, to reflect, to illuminate

Traditional characters:

• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 返 - to restore, to return, to revert to
• 照 - to shine, to reflect, to illuminate