"起死回生" meaning in All languages combined

See 起死回生 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hei̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ wuːi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/, /hei̯³⁵ sei̯³⁵ wuːi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: qǐsǐhuíshēng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hei² sei² wui⁴ sang¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], qǐsǐhuíshēng [Phonetic:qísǐhuíshēng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], cǐsǐhhuéisheng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chʻi³-ssŭ³-hui²-shêng¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], chǐ-sž-hwéi-shēng [Mandarin, Yale], chiisyyhweisheng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цисыхуэйшэн [Mandarin, Palladius], cisyxuejšɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], héi séi wùih sāng [Cantonese, Yale], hei² sei² wui⁴ sang¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], héi² séi² wui⁴ seng¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 起死回生
  1. (chiefly of a medical doctor) to bring the dying back to life; to turn around a hopeless situation Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Death, Medicine

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kʲiɕika̠ise̞ː] Forms: 起死回生 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), (かい), (せい)), kishikaisei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|きしかいせい}} 起(き)死(し)回(かい)生(せい) • (kishikaisei)
  1. revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

Download JSON data for 起死回生 meaning in All languages combined (4.8kB)

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          "text": "相公一片热肠救你,那指望报答?但愿你此去,改行从善,莫负相公起死回生之德! [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 1627, Feng Menglong, 醒世恆言 (Stories to Awaken the World)\nXiànggōng yīpiàn rècháng jiù nǐ, nǎ zhǐwàng bàodá? Dànyuàn nǐ cǐ qù, gǎixíng cóngshàn, mò fù xiànggōng qǐsǐhuíshēng zhī dé! [Pinyin]"
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