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HSK
to return to / to come (or go) back
HSK 5
to return to
HSK 7-9
restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
HSK 7-9
to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip
HSK 7-9
to return to school
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
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  *返* | 返* | *返
to return (to)
to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war) / to send back
to turn back
to return to one's home town
to return to the point of departure
to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work
return trip / to make a return trip; to return
to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
to rehire retired personnel
(of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)
to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways
to return / to go back / to come back
ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
to come back / to return
sales bonus / affiliate reward / rebate / commission
dealer incentive / sales bonus / rebate
to send back
to resume one's former position (after being laid off) / to return to work (after taking leave)
(neologism c. 2009) to give a cashback reward to a consumer
gone forever
to return to Hong Kong
shuttle run
to return to one's country
in-ear monitor (abbr. for 耳機返聽系統|耳机返听系统) (contrasted with 地返)
atavism (biology)
floor monitor; foldback speaker; wedge monitor
"shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others for a profit
to return home
to return to Taiwan
repossession
grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage
(of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate
to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)


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