死而復生

死而复生
sǐérfùshēng
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)

CEDICT

死去後又甦醒過來。三國魏．曹植〈辯道論〉：「方士有董仲君，有罪系獄，佯死數日，目陷蟲出，死而復生，然後竟死。」《紅樓夢．第八二回》：「好容易熬了一天，這會子瞧見你們，竟如死而復生的一樣。」也作「死而復甦」。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

死而復生 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 復生 fùshēng
  1. to be reborn
  2. to recover
  3. to come back to life
  4. to regenerate

Related entries

死而復活 sǐérfùhuó to come back to life (after death)
還陽 huányáng to come back to life (after death)
復活 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

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