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This is a Chinese, Korean and Japanese word that means rebirth or resurrection.
Other definitions include reinvigorated, rejuvenated, a new lease of life, rehabilitation, remaking one's life, starting life anew, regeneration, reorganization, rebuilding, recovery, restoration, remaking, coming back to life, revival, or resuscitation.
恢復力 suggests having the power to recover, restore, and rehabilitate. This can refer to yourself, someone else, or even to something, like rehabilitating a burned forest. 恢復力 is the essence of resilience in life.
The first two characters are a word that means to reinstate, resume, restore, recover, regain, or rehabilitate, restoration, rehabilitation, recovery, return, improvement, recovery (from an illness), recuperation, or convalescence.
The last character means strength or power.
See Also: Tenacity | Perseverance
The meaning of 復古 can vary depending on the context. It used to mean a return to the old ways.
It can also mean “to turn back the clock,” “retro” (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for the 1960s), “revival,” or “restoration.”
The return to “the old ways” was also an aspiration of Confucius about 2500 years ago. This proves that “going retro” or “old school” has been cool since at least 500 B.C.
These search terms might be related to Restoration:
Re-Birth / Renaissance
Resurrection / Re-Birth
Return From Death’s Door
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your restoration search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
平復 平复 see styles |
píng fù ping2 fu4 p`ing fu ping fu heifuku / hefuku へいふく |
More info & calligraphy: Restoration to Good Health(noun/participle) restoration to health recovery from illness |
復古 复古 see styles |
fù gǔ fu4 gu3 fu ku fukko ふっこ |
More info & calligraphy: Retro / Old School(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) revival; restoration |
復活 复活 see styles |
fù huó fu4 huo2 fu huo fukkatsu(p); fukkaatsu(sk) / fukkatsu(p); fukkatsu(sk) ふっかつ(P); ふっかーつ(sk) |
More info & calligraphy: Resurrection / Re-Birth(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback; (n,vs,vi) (2) resurrection; rebirth To live again, return to life. |
恢復 恢复 see styles |
huī fù hui1 fu4 hui fu kaifuku かいふく |
More info & calligraphy: Rehabilitation(noun/participle) (1) restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement; (2) recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence |
更生 see styles |
gēng shēng geng1 sheng1 keng sheng tsugio つぎお |
More info & calligraphy: Rehabilitation / Rebirth(noun/participle) (1) rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew; (noun/participle) (2) rebirth; regeneration; reorganization; rebuilding; recovery; restoration; remaking; (noun/participle) (3) coming back to life; revival; resuscitation; (given name) Tsugio rebirth |
一新 see styles |
isshin いっしん |
(n,vs,vt,vi) complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal; (surname) Itsushin |
三傑 see styles |
sanketsu さんけつ |
(See 維新の三傑) three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration) |
三身 see styles |
sān shēn san1 shen1 san shen sanjin; sanshin さんじん; さんしん |
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men. |
中興 中兴 see styles |
zhōng xīng zhong1 xing1 chung hsing chuukou / chuko ちゅうこう |
resurgence; recovery; restoration (noun, transitive verb) restoration; revival; resurgence; (place-name, surname) Nakaoki revival |
修復 修复 see styles |
xiū fù xiu1 fu4 hsiu fu shuufuku / shufuku しゅふく |
to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) (n,vs,adj-no) restoration; repair; mending |
修築 修筑 see styles |
xiū zhù xiu1 zhu4 hsiu chu shuuchiku / shuchiku しゅうちく |
to build (noun, transitive verb) repair; renovation; restoration |
修覆 see styles |
shuufuku / shufuku しゅふく |
(out-dated kanji) (n,vs,adj-no) restoration; repair; mending |
光復 光复 see styles |
guāng fù guang1 fu4 kuang fu koufuku / kofuku こうふく |
to recover (territory or power); the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 restoration of independence (esp. Korea, China, etc.); (personal name) Kōfuku |
克復 see styles |
kokufuku こくふく |
(noun, transitive verb) restoration |
再生 see styles |
zài shēng zai4 sheng1 tsai sheng saisei / saise さいせい |
to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration (n,vs,vt,vi) (1) restoration to life; coming to life again; resuscitation; regeneration; (n,vs,vi) (2) reformation; rehabilitation; (noun, transitive verb) (3) recycling; reclamation; recovery; (noun, transitive verb) (4) playback; regeneration (of video or sound); views (of an online video); (n,vs,vt,vi) (5) {biol} regeneration (of lost or damaged tissue); regrowth; (noun, transitive verb) (6) rebirth; reincarnation; (n,vs,vt,vi) (7) {psych} recall (memory); retrieval |
再興 see styles |
saikou / saiko さいこう |
(n,vs,vt,vi) revival; restoration; resuscitation |
再起 see styles |
zài qǐ zai4 qi3 tsai ch`i tsai chi saiki さいき |
to arise again; to make a comeback; resurgence (n,vs,vi) comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; (surname, given name) Saiki |
再造 see styles |
zài zào zai4 zao4 tsai tsao saizou / saizo さいぞう |
to give a new lease of life; to reconstruct; to reform; to rework; to recycle; to reproduce (copies, or offspring); restoration; restructuring (given name) Saizou |
古糊 see styles |
furunori ふるのり |
aged paste; microbially fermented weak adhesive for restoration of Japanese works of art on paper |
回復 回复 see styles |
huí fù hui2 fu4 hui fu kaifuku かいふく |
to reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition); Re: in reply to (email) (noun/participle) (1) restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement; (2) recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence |
増毛 see styles |
zoumou / zomo ぞうもう |
hair replacement; hair restoration; (surname) Masumo |
帰属 see styles |
kizoku きぞく |
(n,vs,vi) (1) belonging; ascription; attribution; imputation; possession; jurisdiction; (n,vs,vi) (2) reversion; return; restoration |
平定 see styles |
píng dìng ping2 ding4 p`ing ting ping ting heitei / hete へいてい |
to pacify (noun, transitive verb) suppression (of a rebellion, civil war, etc.); restoration of law and order; subjugation; conquering |
張勳 张勋 see styles |
zhāng xūn zhang1 xun1 chang hsün |
Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4] |
復交 复交 see styles |
fù jiāo fu4 jiao1 fu chiao fukkou / fukko ふっこう |
to reopen diplomatic relations (noun/participle) restoration of diplomatic relations |
復位 复位 see styles |
fù wèi fu4 wei4 fu wei fukui ふくい |
to restore sb or something to its original position; to regain the throne; to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc); reset (noun/participle) restoration; reinstatement |
復元 复元 see styles |
fù yuán fu4 yuan2 fu yüan fukugen ふくげん |
variant of 復原|复原[fu4 yuan2] (noun/participle) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
復原 复原 see styles |
fù yuán fu4 yuan2 fu yüan fukuhara ふくはら |
to restore (something) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery (noun/participle) restoration (to original state); reconstruction; (surname) Fukuhara |
復旧 see styles |
fukkyuu(p); fukukyuu / fukkyu(p); fukukyu ふっきゅう(P); ふくきゅう |
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) restoration; restitution; rehabilitation |
復権 see styles |
fukken(p); fukuken ふっけん(P); ふくけん |
(noun/participle) rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Rehabilitation Rebirth | 更生 | kousei / kose kosei / kose | gēng shēng geng1 sheng1 geng sheng gengsheng | keng sheng kengsheng |
Rehabilitation | 恢復 恢复 | kaifuku | huī fù / hui1 fu4 / hui fu / huifu | |
Resilience Restoration Recovery | 恢復力 恢复力 | huī fù lì hui1 fu4 li4 hui fu li huifuli | ||
Restoration to Good Health | 平復 平复 | byou fuku / byoufuku / byo fuku | píng fù / ping2 fu4 / ping fu / pingfu | p`ing fu / pingfu / ping fu |
Retro Old School | 復古 复古 | fukko / fuko | fù gǔ / fu4 gu3 / fu gu / fugu | fu ku / fuku |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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