借尸还魂 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 借屍還魂 jièshīhuánhún ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom) fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise Character by character 借(jiè)borrow 尸(shī)person representing the deceased 还(huán)give back 魂(hún)soul A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0