起死回生
qísǐ-huíshēng
to turn a hopeless situation around
Every meaning
qǐsǐ-huíshēng
- (fig.) to turn a hopeless situation around
- to bring the dying back to life
Its characters
Words with 起
Words with 死
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.