revive

revive

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ǐ é RF ù sh ē ng, which means dead and alive again, describes life without end. From the debate on Tao.

Idiom explanation

To die and live is to live forever.

Idioms and allusions

Cao Zhi, Wei of the Three Kingdoms, wrote in his argumentative treatise: "Fang Shi had Dong Zhongjun, who was guilty and imprisoned. He feigned death for several days, caught his eyes and came out of the insect, died and came back to life, and then died." Chapter 82 of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in the Qing Dynasty: it's so easy to stay up for a day. When I see you, it's just like coming back from the dead. Guo Moruo's flowers of Tangdi: the only thing that comes back to life from death is these disordered weeds. It is our loving mother who will never return. Bi Ye's mountains are high and waters are long: after struggling to come back from the dead, he touched the Qilian Mountain in the snow.

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used to recover from loss.