迴光返照

Chinese

		to curve; to return; to revolve	light; ray; bright	to return (to)	according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
trad. (迴光返照/回光返照)		迴/回	光	返	照
simp. (回光返照)		回	光	返	照
Literally: “(the sky) brightens again (right before sunset)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíguāngfǎnzhào

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄤㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ gwong¹ faan² ziu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíguāngfǎnzhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄤㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéiguangfǎnjhào
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-kuang¹-fan³-chao⁴
  - Yale: hwéi-gwāng-fǎn-jàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweiguangfaanjaw
  - Palladius: хуэйгуанфаньчжао (xuejguanfanʹčžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ gwong¹ faan² ziu³
  - Yale: wùih gwōng fáan jiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ gwong¹ faan² dziu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ guong¹ fan² jiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ faːn³⁵ t͡siːu̯³³/

Idiom

迴光返照

(figurative) to experience terminal lucidity (before one's death)
(figurative) to experience a momentary spurt of activity or boom before its final demise

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