📖 Meaning
To bring back from the brink of death. To save a hopeless situation miraculously.
📜 Origin Story
From stories of legendary physicians like Bian Que whose treatments seemed to revive the dead.
💡 Example Usage
这位医生有起死回生之术。
This doctor has the skill to raise the dead and return life.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 起死回生
- Pinyin: qǐ sǐ huí shēng
- Literal Translation: raise dead, return life
- Category: Skill
- Characters: 4