再生父母

Chinese

		to come back to life after having died	parents; mother and father; mum and dad
simp. and trad. (再生父母)		再生	父母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàishēngfùmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi³ sang¹ fu⁶ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàishēngfùmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàishengfùmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-shêng¹-fu⁴-mu³
    • Yale: dzài-shēng-fù-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayshengfuhmuu
    • Palladius: цзайшэнфуму (czajšɛnfumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi³ sang¹ fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: joi sāng fuh móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi³ sang¹ fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi³ seng¹ fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ fuː²² mou̯¹³/

Idiom

再生父母

1. person that has extended great grace to someone else, particularly a person that has saved their life

   • 另外，我還計劃給醫護人員送一面大大的錦旗。是他們把我從鬼門關裡拉回來，對我來講，他們就是我的再生父母。 [MSC, trad.]
     另外，我还计划给医护人员送一面大大的锦旗。是他们把我从鬼门关里拉回来，对我来讲，他们就是我的再生父母。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 Feb 06, 离开武汉重症患者的自述：阎王没收我 要好好活下去, China News Service

     Lìngwài, wǒ hái jìhuà gěi yīhù rényuán sòng yī miàn dà dà de jǐnqí. Shì tāmen bǎ wǒ cóng guǐménguān lǐ lā huílái, duì wǒ lái jiǎng, tāmen jiù shì wǒ de zàishēngfùmǔ. [Pinyin]

     Also, I plan to give a banner to the hospital staff. It was them who took me back from death's door; to me, they are my saviors.