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Last radiance of the setting sun

回光反照 〔回光反照〕huí guāng fǎn zhào

A brief brightening of the sky after the sun’s descent below the horizon; a metaphor for a sudden brief strengthening of the spirit before death; it means the same as last flicker of the lamp. See false spiritedness.

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