扬幡招魂
Traditional form:
揚幡招魂
Pinyin (reading):
yángfān-zhāohún
Definitions:
- lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)
- fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
Characters:
- 扬 - to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
- 幡 - pennant, banner, streamer, flag
- 招 - to summon; to recruit; to levy
- 魂 - soul, spirit
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