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回光反照

huí guāng fǎn zhào

4-character word

What 回光反照 means

1. final radiance of setting sun
2. fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)

The characters in 回光反照

• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine

Sounds the same

Read huí guāng fǎn zhào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 回光返照final radiance of setting sun; fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)