重光

chóngguāng
  1. to recover one's sight
  2. (fig.) to recover (lost territories)

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to recover (chiefly lost territories); to regain
  2. (poetic) to renew; to regenerate; to be born again
  3. an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 重光, Shigemitsu
  4. to recover (chiefly lost territories); to regain
  5. to recover one's sight
  6. to renew; to regenerate; to be born again

Wiktionary

  1. 比喻能承继前人的功业德行。
  2. 重新光复。
  3. 太岁在辛称为「重光」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 重 chóng
  1. to repeat
  2. repetition
  3. again
  4. re-
  5. classifier: layer
2 光 guāng
  1. bright; shiny
  2. only; merely
  3. used up; finished
  4. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

classifier: 道

Containing this entry

日月重光 rìyuèchóngguāng
  1. the sun and moon shine once more
  2. fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval

Related entries

休养生息 xiūyǎngshēngxī
  1. to recover
  2. to recuperate
光复 guāngfù
  1. to recover (territory or power)
  2. the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
复苏 fùsū
  1. to recover (health, economic)
  2. to resuscitate
  3. anabiosis
经济在复苏之中。

The economy is picking up.

Source: Tatoeba

收复 shōufù
  1. to recover (lost territory etc)
  2. to recapture
收缴 shōujiǎo
  1. to recover (illegally obtained property)
  2. to seize
  3. to capture
  4. to force sb to hand over sth
  5. to levy
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