死灰复燃
Traditional form:
死灰復燃
Pinyin (reading):
sǐhuīfùrán
Definitions:
- lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
- sth malevolent returns to haunt one
Characters:
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 灰 - ashes; dust; lime, mortar
- 复 - again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return
- 燃 - to ignite, to burn; combustion
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