借屍還魂

Chinese

to lend; to borrow; excuse
to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of
 
 corpse
to return from the dead; to revive after death; to recycle
to return from the dead; to revive after death; to recycle; to be reprocessed
 
trad. (借屍還魂) 借 屍 還魂
simp. (借尸还魂) 借 尸 还魂
Literally: “reincarnated in someone else's body”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

借屍還魂

  1. (figurative) a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
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