<p><strong>重新振作</strong> ↓</p>

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<p><strong>换了个人</strong>↓</p>

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<p>走出阴影↓</p>

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<p>获得新生</p>

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<p>重生一般</p>

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<p>脱胎换骨(chengyu)</p>

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<p>浴火重生 (chengyu)</p>

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<p>凤凰涅磐 (chengyu)</p>

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<p>羽化登仙(metamorphosis from human being to heavenly being)</p>

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2016-07-11T02:59:18.727Z
2016-07-11T02:59:18.727Z
sfy
<p>In Chinese, we even have a six-word phrase "鳳凰 (phoenix) 浴火 (bath in fire) 重生 (to reborn)", to refer to the mythology about phoenixes' reborn. "重生" means reborn, where 重 means "again" and 生 means "birth", so it can be used as a phrasal verb or a noun. 浴火重生 is also used frequently enough to be considered as something like an idiom/chengyu (although it doesn't have the long history like a chengyu). </p>

<p>Since you are translating, I recommend that you keep the original reference to the phoenix process. However, for future readers, if you are looking for another idiom that has a similar meaning, there is an old poem by 陸游, which can be used in a similar context: "山窮水盡疑無路，柳暗花明又一村", although it only implies the meaning of getting hope in the most (mentally) hopeless condition, but not literally (physically) the meaning of death/actual defeat.</p>

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2016-07-10T11:37:13.143Z
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SOFe
<p>I am translating a text about a man who got divorced and after many days of desperation, he eventually starts accepting his situation and so he totally changes himself and starts a new life and a new way of being. This is described as "the Phoenix process", a rebirth, and he came to be a "new born" and a new man. How can I say all those things in few Chinese words? I thought about 重生 but I am not sure about its use. I was also wondering if there is a chengyu that can better explain it.</p>

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2016-07-10T11:56:53.023Z
涅槃 (nirvana) ought to be out of reincarnation, no more death - rebirth cycles :)
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2016-07-10T18:22:08.230Z
@水巷孑蠻 Thanks for correcting me! (OMG I've got it wrong for so many years...)
Stan
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2016-07-10T18:34:31.870Z
@水巷孑蠻 It seems I'm not the only one who gets it wrong, Guo Moruo must have misled many (See [凤凰涅槃](http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=Fu0LhyZdfbscbMUKKafR5XxkWdK75bRHKwmUy-c0xZGfwKMqXx-8KhpgD95ft7zN6xbw53wXh-EMtTuzZVKTeK)).
Stan
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2016-10-05T02:14:11.843Z
common saying：  **脱胎换骨**  （＂汉语熟语小词典＂：本来是道教用语。指修道要脱去凡胎，换掉凡骨。现多比喻改变认识或重新做人。［例］从欧洲访问回来后，他有一种  **脱胎换骨**  的感觉，感叹自己以前知道得太少了。
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Chinese for "rebirth"
# Chinese for "rebirth"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-10)

I am translating a text about a man who got divorced and after many days of desperation, he eventually starts accepting his situation and so he totally changes himself and starts a new life and a new way of being. This is described as "the Phoenix process", a rebirth, and he came to be a "new born" and a new man. How can I say all those things in few Chinese words? I thought about 重生 but I am not sure about its use. I was also wondering if there is a chengyu that can better explain it.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 涅槃 (nirvana) ought to be out of reincarnation, no more death - rebirth cycles :)  
> **username_2**: @username_1 Thanks for correcting me! (OMG I've got it wrong for so many years...)  
> **username_2**: @username_1 It seems I'm not the only one who gets it wrong, Guo Moruo must have misled many (See [凤凰涅槃](http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=Fu0LhyZdfbscbMUKKafR5XxkWdK75bRHKwmUy-c0xZGfwKMqXx-8KhpgD95ft7zN6xbw53wXh-EMtTuzZVKTeK)).  
> **username_3**: common saying：  **脱胎换骨**  （＂汉语熟语小词典＂：本来是道教用语。指修道要脱去凡胎，换掉凡骨。现多比喻改变认识或重新做人。［例］从欧洲访问回来后，他有一种  **脱胎换骨**  的感觉，感叹自己以前知道得太少了。  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2016-07-11. Score: 2

**重新振作** ↓

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/f9hsA.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/f9hsA.jpg)

**换了个人**↓

[![![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Q4KuH.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Q4KuH.jpg)

走出阴影↓

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/61R5J.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/61R5J.jpg)

获得新生

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BMJ5J.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/BMJ5J.jpg)

重生一般

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/p86Nh.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/p86Nh.jpg)

脱胎换骨(chengyu)

[![![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/5Hgx6.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/5Hgx6.jpg)

浴火重生 (chengyu)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/NfbIe.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/NfbIe.jpg)

凤凰涅磐 (chengyu)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vMSnd.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/vMSnd.jpg)

羽化登仙(metamorphosis from human being to heavenly being)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/nN5XA.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/nN5XA.jpg)


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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-07-10. Score: 0

In Chinese, we even have a six-word phrase "鳳凰 (phoenix) 浴火 (bath in fire) 重生 (to reborn)", to refer to the mythology about phoenixes' reborn. "重生" means reborn, where 重 means "again" and 生 means "birth", so it can be used as a phrasal verb or a noun. 浴火重生 is also used frequently enough to be considered as something like an idiom/chengyu (although it doesn't have the long history like a chengyu).

Since you are translating, I recommend that you keep the original reference to the phoenix process. However, for future readers, if you are looking for another idiom that has a similar meaning, there is an old poem by 陸游, which can be used in a similar context: "山窮水盡疑無路，柳暗花明又一村", although it only implies the meaning of getting hope in the most (mentally) hopeless condition, but not literally (physically) the meaning of death/actual defeat.


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