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扬幡招魂

yáng fān zhāo húndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(lit.) to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / (fig.) to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-39a3aa66959741a7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

揚幡招魂 扬幡招魂 [yang2 fan1 zhao1 hun2] /(lit.) to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)/(fig.) to try to revive what is obsolete or dead/

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Other forms in these source records: 揚幡招魂

  • 扬
    yáng

    to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

    Yáng

    abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yáng zhōu] in Jiangsu / surname Yang

  • 幡
    fān

    banner

  • 招
    zhāo

    to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess

  • 魂
    hún

    soul / spirit / immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)

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