借尸还魂
借尸还魂
jiè shī huán hún
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
idiom
Traditional: 借屍還魂
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- (idiom) lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
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Related Words
一唱一和(yī chàng yī hè)— to echo one another (idiom)
→一问三不知(yī wèn sān bù zhī)— lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
→一夕数惊(yī xī shù jīng)— one scare after another (idiom)
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)— before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
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