迴光返照

Chinese

		to curve; to return; to revolve	light; ray; bright	to return (to)	according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
trad. (迴光返照/回光返照)		迴/回	光	返	照
simp. (回光返照)		回	光	返	照
Literally: “(the sky) brightens again (right before sunset)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huíguāngfǎnzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ gwong¹ faan² ziu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíguāngfǎnzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéiguangfǎnjhào
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-kuang¹-fan³-chao⁴
    • Yale: hwéi-gwāng-fǎn-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweiguangfaanjaw
    • Palladius: хуэйгуанфаньчжао (xuejguanfanʹčžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ gwong¹ faan² ziu³
    • Yale: wùih gwōng fáan jiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ gwong¹ faan² dziu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ guong¹ fan² jiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ faːn³⁵ t͡siːu̯³³/

Idiom

迴光返照

1. (figurative) to experience terminal lucidity (before one's death)
2. (figurative) to experience a momentary spurt of activity or boom before its final demise