回光返照

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

CEDICT

  1. 日落时由于光线的反射作用，而使天空呈现短暂的发光。也作「迴光返照」。
  2. 人临死前短暂的精神兴奋。也作「返照回光」、「迴光返照」。
  3. 事物澈底毁灭前短暂的兴旺。如：「溥仪复辟不过是回光返照一下。」也作「迴光返　照。」

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Homographs

回光返照 huíguāngfǎnzhào

Entry Composition

=1 回 huí
  1. to circle
  2. to go back
  3. to turn around
  4. to answer
  5. to return
  6. to revolve
  7. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. time
  9. classifier for acts of a play
  10. section or chapter (of a classic book)
=1 回 huí
  1. to curve
  2. to return
  3. to revolve
=1 回 huí variant of 回 huí
2 光 guāng
  1. bright; shiny
  2. only; merely
  3. used up; finished
  4. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

classifier: 道
3 返照 fǎnzhào
  1. (especially of the rays from the setting sun) to reflect back; to reflect light
  2. to reflect back; to reflect light

Related entries

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