"Return" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fǎn fù repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
 huí bào (in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate
 zhǎo to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
 huí fù to reply / to recover / to return (to a previous condition) / Re: in reply to (email)
 huí lai to return / to come back
 huí qu to return / to go back
 guī lái to return / to come back
退 tuì huí to return (an item) / to send back / to go back
退 tuì huán to return (sth borrowed etc) / to send back / to refund / to rebate
 chóng huí to return
 huí lù to return / circuit (e.g. electric) / loop
 zhuàn qù to return / to go back
 fā huí to send back / to return
 huán to pay back / to return
 fù guī to return / to come back
 sòng huán to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate
 huí fǎn to return / to go back / to come back
 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
 huí dào to return to
 fǎn huí to return to / to come (or go) back
 huí jiā to return home
 huí guī to return to / to retreat / regression (statistics)
 lái huí to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly
 huí guó to return to one's home country
 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
 chóng fǎn to return to
退 tuì huò to return merchandise / to withdraw a product
 xiān dào first arrival / first return
 huán gěi to return sth to sb
 fǎn huán restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
 guī huán to return sth / to revert
宿 guī sù place to return to / home / final destination / ending
 kǎi xuán to return in triumph / to return victorious
 Shén diāo xiá lu:3 The Return of the Condor Heroes (classic wuxia martial arts TV films of 1998 and 2006 based on novel by Jinyong 金庸)
 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
 huí chéng return trip
 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild
 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
 shēng huán to return alive / to survive
退 tuì huàn huò to return a product for another item
 dōng shān zài qǐ lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom) / fig. to make a comeback
 huán jī to hit back / to return fire
 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad
 huí lǎo jiā to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
 jiāo huán to return sth / to hand back
访 huí fǎng (pay a) return visit
 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town
 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack
 guī duì to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life
 fǎn chéng return journey (e.g. home)
 jí gōng jìn lì seeking instant benefit (idiom) / shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
 bào yǐ to give in return
退 tuì piào to bounce (a check) / to return a ticket / ticket refund
 tóu zī huí bào investment return
 huí Jīng to return to the capital
 huí chē jiàn carriage return
 huí jìng to return a compliment / to give sth in return
 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth)
 huí chūn return of spring
 wǎng fù to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part)
 fǎn jiā to return home
 fǎn háng to return to the point of departure
 bào shuì to file an income tax return / to declare dutiable goods (at customs)
 huí lǐ to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
 tóu zī huí bào lu:4 return on investment (ROI)
 huán lǐ to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
 huán xiāng to return home / fig. to retire from public life
 huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
 fǎn bǔ to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor
 mǎn zài ér guī to return from a rewarding journey
 huán hún to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products)
 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
退 dá tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
退 dǎ tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
 guī lù the way back / return route
 fù gōng to return to work (after a stoppage)
 huán shū return books
 lǐ shàng wǎng lái lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
 fèng huán to return with thanks / to give back (honorific)
 fǎn pú guī zhēn to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state
 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner
西 guī xī to die / euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise
 bān shī to withdraw troops from the front / to return in triumph
 yì jǐn huán xiāng to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom) / to return in glory
 huán sú to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
 fù xué to return to school (after an interruption) / to resume one's studies
 guī gēn to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots
 wù guī yuán zhǔ to return something to its rightful owner
 bào dān a tax declaration form / a tax return
 guī chéng return trip / homeward journey
 yǐ dé bào yuàn to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good
 dá lǐ to return a courtesy / return gift
 róng guī to return home with honor
 fù jiù to restore old way / to return to the past
 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
 huí mén first return of bride to her parental home
 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
 wán bì flawless piece of jade / (fig.) perfect person or thing / virgin / to return sth intact
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