Chinese word

再现

Pronunciation

Pinyinzài xiàn

Meaning

  • verbreappear

Example

昨天的情景在脑子里又再现了。zuó tiān de qíng jǐng zài nǎo zi lǐ yòu zài xiàn le

Yesterday's scene reappeared in my mind.

Illustration for 再现 (reappear)

More examples

影片成功地再现了那个年代的生活。yǐng piàn chéng gōng dì zài xiàn le nà ge nián dài de shēng huó

The film successfully recreated the life of that era.

Core concept

The past returns to the present as a remembered scene, a repeated event, or a recreated form.

Common phrases

  • 再现历史zài xiàn lì shǐ

    recreate history

  • 再现现场zài xiàn xiàn chǎng

    recreate the scene

  • 在观众面前再现zài guān zhòng miàn qián zài xiàn

    recreate in front of an audience

Similar words

出现chū xiàn: Come into view or become present in a place or situation.
想起xiáng qǐ: Bring a past fact or experience back to mind.
回想huí xiǎng: Think back over something that happened in the past.

Definition in Chinese

在记忆或想象中再次显现，尤指过去的场景或情景在脑海里重新浮现。zài jì yì huò xiǎng xiàng zhōng zài cì xiǎn xiàn yóu zhǐ guò qù de cháng jǐng huò qíng jǐng zài náo hǎi lǐ chóng xīn fú xiàn

Word origin

再现 (zàixiàn, "appear again") combines 再 (zài, "again") + 现 (xiàn, "appear"), picturing something becoming present a second time.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, this verb has a formal, descriptive tone and is more at home in narration, reports, and written descriptions than in casual talk.

Other meanings

  • happen againverb
  • reproduceverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 再现性zài xiàn xìngreproducibilitynoun

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