死而复生

死而復生
sǐérfùshēng
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)

CEDICT

死去后又甦醒过来。三国魏．曹植〈辩道论〉：「方士有董仲君，有罪系狱，佯死数日，目陷虫出，死而复生，然后竟死。」《红楼梦．第八二回》：「好容易熬了一天，这会子瞧见你们，竟如死而复生的一样。」也作「死而复甦」。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

死而复生 sǐ'érfùshēng

Entry Composition

1 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
2 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
3 复生 fùshēng
  1. to be reborn
  2. to recover
  3. to come back to life
  4. to regenerate

Related entries

死而复活 sǐérfùhuó to come back to life (after death)
还阳 huányáng to come back to life (after death)
复活 fùhuó
  1. to revive
  2. (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  3. (religion) resurrection
死亡之後你便不會再復活。你不能死過之後又重回生命。如果你以為那會發生，你並非真正死去。

Death is the point at which you can't be alive again. You can't die and then come back to life. If you think that happened, you weren't really dead.

Source: Tatoeba

苏生 sūshēng
  1. to revive
  2. to come back to life
复生 fùshēng
  1. to be reborn
  2. to recover
  3. to come back to life
  4. to regenerate