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借尸还魂

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4-character word Traditional 借屍還魂

What 借尸还魂 means

1. lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise

The characters in 借尸还魂

• 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 尸shī(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)…
• 还háistill; still in progress; still more
• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)