- lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
Characters
- 借 (借): to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 尸 (尸): person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies); to put a corpse on display (after execution); variant of 屍|尸[shi1]; corpse
- 还 (還): surname Huan
- 魂 (䰟): old variant of 魂[hun2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 借尸还魂
- MDBG: 借尸还魂
- Examples with 借尸还魂 on Tatoeba
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