起死回生

Traditional form:

起死回生

Pinyin (reading):

qǐsǐhuíshēng

Definitions:

• to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery

Characters:

• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth

Traditional characters:

• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth