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借屍還魂
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Chinese
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to lend; to borrow; excuse
to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of
corpse
to
return
from the
dead
; to
revive
after
death
; to
recycle
to
return
from the
dead
; to
revive
after
death
; to
recycle
; to be
reprocessed
trad.
(
借屍還魂
)
借
屍
還魂
simp.
(
借尸还魂
)
借
尸
还魂
Literally:
“reincarnated in someone else's body”.
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Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
jièshīhuánhún
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
ze
3
si
1
waan
4
wan
4
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
chioh-si-hoân-hûn
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
jièshīhuánhún
Zhuyin
:
ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
jièshihhuánhún
Wade–Giles
:
chieh
4
-shih
1
-huan
2
-hun
2
Yale
:
jyè-shr̄-hwán-hwún
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
jiehshyhwanhwen
Palladius
:
цзешихуаньхунь
(czešixuanʹxunʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯än³⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
ze
3
si
1
waan
4
wan
4
Yale
:
je s
ī
wàahn wàhn
Cantonese Pinyin
:
dze
3
si
1
waan
4
wan
4
Guangdong Romanization
:
zé
3
xi
1
wan
4
wen
4
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sɛː³³ siː
⁵⁵
waːn
²¹
wɐn
²¹
/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
chioh-si-hoân-hûn
Tâi-lô
:
tsioh-si-huân-hûn
Phofsit Daibuun
:
cioihsi'hoanhuun
IPA
(
Xiamen
)
:
/t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁴⁴⁻²² huan²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/t͡sio(ʔ)⁵ si³³ huan²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
IPA
(
Zhangzhou
)
:
/t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁴⁴⁻²² huan¹³⁻²² hun¹³/
IPA
(
Taipei
)
:
/t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²⁴⁻¹¹ hun²⁴/
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/t͡siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²³⁻³³ hun²³/
Idiom
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借屍還魂
(
figurative
)
a
discarded
or
discredited
idea
returns
in another
guise