再生 zàishēng to be reborn
to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration
How to remember 再生: 再 again + 生 life = to be reborn.
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How it is used
- To regenerate or recycle - 再生资源 (zàishēng zīyuán) renewable resources; 再生纸 (zàishēng zhǐ) recycled paper.
- Also 'reborn' figuratively: 再生父母 (zàishēng fùmǔ) someone who saved your life, 'like parents who gave you a second birth.'
- In biology/medicine it's tissue regeneration; in environmental talk it's recycling/renewability.