If someone reincarnates, they die and are then born again in another body. This is a teaching in Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other beliefs: a person, or sometimes an animal, comes back to live a new life. English uses the word for that idea.

If someone reincarnates如果一個人reincarnate（轉世）, they die他們會死去 and are then born again in another body然後在另一個身體裡重新出生。 This is a teaching in Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other beliefs這是印度教、佛教和其他一些信仰裡的說法：a person, or sometimes an animal一個人，有時候是一隻動物, comes back to live a new life會回來過一個新的人生。 English uses the word for that idea英文就用這個字來說這個概念。

You will often hear the passive: she was reincarnated as a bird. People also stretch it in jokes — “you must have been a cat in another life” — though actually careful speakers keep reincarnate for the spiritual idea, not for starting a job again or “getting a second chance.” The related noun is reincarnation (the idea or the new life).

You will often hear the passive你常常會聽到被動式：she was reincarnated as a bird她轉世投胎變成一隻鳥。 People also stretch it in jokes大家也會開玩笑亂用這個字——"you must have been a cat in another life"「你上輩子一定是隻貓」——though actually不過實際上 careful speakers keep reincarnate for the spiritual idea說話小心的人會把reincarnate留給宗教上的那個概念, not for starting a job again or "getting a second chance"而不是用來說重新開始一份工作或「獲得第二次機會」。 The related noun is reincarnation相關的名詞是reincarnation (the idea or the new life這個概念，或新的那個生命)。

Reborn can sound Christian or poetic; reincarnate is the body-after-body word.

Reborn can sound Christian or poeticReborn聽起來可能比較有基督教味或詩意; reincarnate is the body-after-body word而reincarnate則是那個「一個身體換過一個身體」的字。