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Definition(s) for: 死灰复燃

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán - lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
- sth malevolent returns to haunt one

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 37,743 35,793 50,675

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned
huī- ash
- dust
- lime
- gray
- discouraged; dejected
- to go and return
- to return
- to resume
- to return to a normal or original state
- to repeat
- again
- to recover
- to restore
- to turn over
- to reply
- to answer
- to reply to a letter
- to retaliate
- to carry out
- to repeat
- to double
- to overlap
- complex (not simple)
- compound
- composite
- double
- diplo-
- duplicate
- overlapping
- to duplicate
- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to reply to a letter
rán- to burn
- to ignite
- to light
- fig. to spark off (hopes)
- to start (debate)
- to raise (hopes)

Other Words Containing 死灰复燃

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
死灰复燃 - - 37,743 35,793 50,675