扬幡招魂

Traditional: 揚幡招魂

yáng fān zhāo hún

Dictionary entry

(lit.) to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)

What does 扬幡招魂 mean?

扬幡招魂 (yáng fān zhāo hún) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)

2(fig.) to try to revive what is obsolete or dead

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扬Yángabbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu · surname Yang 幡fānbanner 招zhāoto recruit · to provoke 魂húnold variant of 魂[hun2]

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扬幡招魂

yáng fān zhāo hún

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