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still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or
HSK 1
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still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
HSK 1
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to pay back / to return
HSK 1
there still remain(s); there is (or are) still / in addition
HSK 1
to repay / to reimburse
HSK 7-9
to make a counteroffer when haggling / to bargain
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
to return sth / to revert
HSK 7-9
not bad; pretty good / fortunately; luckily
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
repayment / to pay back money
HSK 7-9
to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
to return alive / to survive
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
to haggle over price / to bargain
HSK 7-9
lit. not even the first stroke of the character has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
to set the record straight / to clarify the facts
to return sth / to hand back
recycled paper
to recover (lost property or money) / to win back
restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
HSK 7-9
return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks
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surname Huan
How dare you! / This is an outrage! / Absolutely disgraceful!
to return a favor / to reciprocate / (literary) to report back
to repay capital
ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
to release (a hostage) / to put back in place
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task
A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜) (蔣|蒋 here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石 and refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫)
to contact; to have dealings (with sb)
to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate
to be better off ... / might as well ...
return books
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
to come back to life (after death)
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
restoring agricultural land to forest
to settle a debt
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
survivor
to ask for sth back / to recover
reducing agent
to return sth to sb
to return
that goes without saying
(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold
to offer a return banquet
(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
reconstituted milk (Tw)
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
to settle and account
to retort / to answer back
to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
HSK 7-9
please return (an item sent in the mail)
to hit back / to return fire
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom) / fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
to forget (everything one has learned)
to repay a loan
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
(literary) to return to one's native place
to retort / to answer back
(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown
to hit back / to retaliate
lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom) / fig. to return home after making good / Taiwan pr. [yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1]
to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products)
to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
to return with thanks / to give back (honorific)


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