扬幡招魂 — Chinese idiom
扬幡招魂
yáng fān zhāo hún
Traditional: 揚幡招魂
Meaning
- (lit.) to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person
- (fig.) to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
Character by character
- 扬yángto flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
- 幡fānpennant, banner, streamer, flag
- 招zhāoto summon; to recruit; to levy
- 魂húnsoul, spirit
Idioms sharing a character
- 其貌不扬 qí mào bù yáng
- 分道扬镳 fēn dào yáng biāo
- 名扬四海 míng yáng sì hǎi
- 惩恶扬善 chéng è yáng shàn
- 扬名四海 yáng míng sì hǎi
- 扬长避短 yáng cháng bì duǎn
- 激浊扬清 jī zhuó yáng qīng
- 发扬踔厉 fā yáng chuō lì
- 神采飞扬 shén cǎi fēi yáng
- 纷纷扬扬 fēn fēn yáng yáng
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