招魂

zhāohún
  1. to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill
  2. (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) to bring back from the dead; to revive
  2. (literally) to evoke a spirit from the dead
  3. to bring back from the dead; to revive
  4. to evoke a spirit from the dead

Wiktionary

  1. 招回生者或死者之魂。
  2. 《楚辭》篇名。史記屈原傳以為屈原所作，王逸《楚辭章句》以為宋玉所作。招魂對象有三說：屈原招楚懷王魂、宋玉招屈原魂、屈原自招其魂。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 招 zhāo
  1. to recruit
  2. to provoke
  3. to beckon
  4. to incur
  5. to infect
  6. contagious
  7. a move (chess)
  8. a maneuver
  9. device
  10. trick
  11. to confess
=2 魂 hún old variant of 魂 hún
=2 魂 hún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)

Containing this entry

招魂幡 zhāohúnfān flag to attract departed spirits
招魂旛 zhāohúnfān flag to attract departed spirits
揚幡招魂 yángfānzhāohún
  1. lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)
  2. fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead