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HSK
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
(idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure
to recall / to recollect / to think back
HSK 7-9
to return home
HSK 1
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  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
not bad at all; quite impressive
what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about?
to recall / memories / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to reply; to answer / reply; answer
HSK 1
to have a rich aftertaste / (fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory
winding corridor / cloister / ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
to return to / to retreat / regression (statistics)
HSK 7-9
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
to retrieve
repeat customer
paper clip
to bring back
one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
HSK 7-9
to return a compliment / to give sth in return
to replay / to play back
recyclable
to reply (by letter, email etc) / reply; answer
to return / circuit (e.g. electric) / loop
(in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate
HSK 5
number of times (sth happens) / number of chapters in a classical novel / (math.) palindromic number
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations)
to repay a favor / to give back / feedback
HSK 7-9
to retrieve
a reply (in writing)
return trip
(of a wife) to return to her parental home / (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc
Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
to answer back; to retort
to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
echo
irreversible
to recoup one's investment
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
HSK 7-9
to change one's mind (idiom)
to recycle / to reclaim / to retrieve / to recover / to recall (a defective product)
HSK 5
frequency with which people turn their heads to look; degree of attracting attention / percentage of repeat customers (catering, hospitality etc)
last time; the previous time
(of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back
to respond / response
HSK 6
receipt / note acknowledging receipt
to cook again / to rewarm food
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市 (abbr. to 寧|宁)
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances
to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
to pull back / to regain (one's dignity etc) / to recover from (an adverse situation) / to turn the tables
repeatedly / back and forth again and again
to buy back / to redeem / repurchase
to return sb's gaze; to meet sb's eyes / to look back (to one's rear) / (fig.) to look back at (the past); to reflect on
to reply / to write back / letter written in reply / CL:
HSK 5
receipt (written acknowledgement of receipt of an item)
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
to regurgitate / (fig.) (of a stock market) to give up (gains)
Islam
brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback
HSK 7-9
to return to the capital
payment of money owing
to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key
to call to mind and ponder over / aftertaste
HSK 7-9
(medicine) (of blood) to flow back into the IV tube / (gaming) to restore health points; (fig.) to recover (to some extent)
(computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard)
echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)
to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
circuit court
total return / aggregate profit
to reply
callback (computing)
palindrome
to turn around; to look back / (fig.) to recall the past
HSK 7-9
to reverse a desperate situation
to return to
HSK 1
Hui person / member of Hui ethnic group living across China
to glance back / to look back / retrospective
twice-cooked pork
to send back / to return
to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
to rebuff / to refuse / to turn down
Huihu, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族 and the Yugurs 裕固族
Tropic of Capricorn
to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc)
HSK 7-9
recycling center; waste materials collection depot / (computing) recycle bin
Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China
return of the prodigal son
if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes
round-trip ticket (Tw)
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)
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
gone forever
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
to return to one's home country
HSK 2
(computing) to roll back / rollback / (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due to backspin or sloping ground)
to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by
HSK 5
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9

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