死灰復燃

Chinese

		dead embers; passion which has died	to rekindle; to be kindled or ignited again; to revive
trad. (死灰復燃)		死灰	復燃
simp. (死灰复燃)		死灰	复燃
Literally: “dead embers relight”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhuīfùrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² fui¹ fuk⁶ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-hoe-hiū-liân / sú-hoe-hiū-liân / sí-hoe-ho̍k-jiân / sí-he-ho̍k-jiân / sú-hoe-ho̍k-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhuīfùrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhueifùrán
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hui¹-fu⁴-jan²
    • Yale: sž-hwēi-fù-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhueifuhran
    • Palladius: сыхуэйфужань (syxuejfužanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² fui¹ fuk⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: séi fūi fuhk yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² fui¹ fuk⁹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² fui¹ fug⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵ fʊk̚² jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-hoe-hiū-liân
    • Tâi-lô: sí-hue-hiū-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hoe'hiuxlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hiu²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-hoe-hiū-liân
    • Tâi-lô: sú-hue-hiū-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'hoe'hiuxlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hiu²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-hoe-ho̍k-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: sí-hue-ho̍k-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hoe'hogjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑiɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-he-ho̍k-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: sí-he-ho̍k-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'he'hogjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑiɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-hoe-ho̍k-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: sú-hue-ho̍k-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'hoe'hogjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑiɛn²³/

Idiom

死灰復燃

1. renascent; to resurge