回光返照

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

CEDICT

  1. 日落時由於光線的反射作用，而使天空呈現短暫的發光。也作「迴光返照」。
  2. 人臨死前短暫的精神興奮。也作「返照回光」、「迴光返照」。
  3. 事物澈底毀滅前短暫的興旺。如：「溥儀復辟不過是回光返照一下。」也作「迴光返　照。」

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Homographs

迴光返照 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 迴 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)