WordTaiwan frequency #20,709
起死回生
ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ
“to revive a dying person; to rescue a hopeless situation and turn it around”
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起
ㄑㄧˇ
To rise, get up, stand up; to start, begin, initiate; to raise, lift; to appear, emerge; to recover, get better; to take out, fetch.
死
ㄙˇ
To die; dead; death; to lose one's life; to sacrifice one's life; to cease functioning; impassable; inflexible; extremely.
回
ㄏㄨㄟˊ
To return; to go back; to reply or answer; to turn around; a time or occurrence; classifier for acts of a play or chapters; the Hui ethnic group.
生
ㄕㄥ
To grow, give birth, produce, or be born; to live or be alive; life; raw or uncooked; to arise or occur; student; a person's livelihood.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 學生ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄥstudent; schoolchild; learner; one who studies under a teacher; a polite self-reference by a learner or junior
- 生活ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊlife; daily existence; livelihood; the way one lives; circumstances of daily living
- 發生ㄈㄚ ㄕㄥto happen; to occur; to take place; to break out; to arise
- 先生ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥMr.; sir; gentleman; teacher; husband; (dated) scholar or Taoist priest
- 一起ㄧ ㄑㄧˇin the same place; together; in company with; altogether; in total; a case or instance of something (e.g., an accident, dispute).
- 生命ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋlife; the condition of being alive; a living being; the duration of existence; vitality in creative works
- 起來ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊto stand up; to get up; to rise; (verb complement) beginning of an action; upward movement; preliminary impression; completion of an action
- 產生ㄔㄢˇ ㄕㄥto produce; to generate; to give rise to; to bring about; to arise; to come into being
- 人生ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥlife; a person's lifetime on earth; human existence; the course of one's life from birth to death
- 回到ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄠˋto return to; to go back to; to come back to
- 回答ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊto reply; to answer; a reply; an answer; to respond to a question or request
- 生產ㄕㄥ ㄔㄢˇto produce; to manufacture; to give birth; to earn a living through labor; in economics, human activity that creates or increases utility