Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「回生起死」, with details below.
The Chinese idiom 「回生起死」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
Back to life. It describes a person who is so skilled in medicine that he can bring a dying person back to life. It is also used to describe the recovery of something that seems hopeless.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huí shēng qǐ sǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wui4 saang1/sang1 hei2 sei2
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
