再世

zàishì
to be reincarnated

CEDICT

  1. afterlife
  2. to reincarnate

Wiktionary

  1. 两代。
  2. 再度出世，重生。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 再 zài
  1. again; once more; re-
  2. further; beyond this point of time
  3. (before an adjective) more
  4. then (after sth, and not until then)
  5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 yě or 都 dōu for emphasis)
  6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再则 zàizé, 再就是 zàijiùshì etc)
  7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
2 世 shì
  1. life
  2. age
  3. generation
  4. era
  5. world
  6. lifetime
  7. epoch
  8. descendant
  9. noble

Containing this entry

华佗再世 Huà Tuózàishì
  1. lit. a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty (idiom)
  2. fig. a highly skilled and virtuous doctor; a miracle-working physician

Related entries

投胎 tóutāi to be reincarnated
如果可以投胎轉世的話，我想做有錢人家的兒子，一輩子衣食無憂。

If I could be reborn, I would want to be the child of a rich family, then I'd be set for life.

Source: Tatoeba

投生 tóushēng
  1. reborn (of departed spirit)
  2. to be reincarnated
  3. to leave home for a new life