死灰复燃

lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one

to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected

to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out

to repeat / to double / to overlap / complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping / to duplicate

variant of 復|复[fu4] / to reply to a letter

to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)