死灰

sǐhuī
  1. (colloquial) nuclear fallout
  2. (figurative) downcast
  3. (figurative) passion which has died
  4. ashen (ash-coloured)
  5. dead embers (left after a fire)
  6. downcast
  7. nuclear fallout
  8. passion which has died

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
2 灰 huī
  1. ash
  2. dust
  3. lime
  4. gray
  5. discouraged; dejected

Containing this entry

死灰復燃 sǐhuīfùrán
  1. lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. sth malevolent returns to haunt one