扬幡招魂

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 to try to revive what is obsolete or dead

CEDICT

悬挂幡旗，招回死者的灵魂。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 扬 yáng
  1. to raise
  2. to hoist
  3. the action of tossing or winnowing
  4. scattering (in the wind)
  5. to flutter
  6. to propagate
=1 扬 yáng variant of 扬 yáng
2 幡 fān banner
3 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)