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HSK
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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  *还* | 还* | *还
to pay back / to return
HSK 1
to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
HSK 7-9
repayment / to pay back money
HSK 7-9
restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
HSK 7-9
to return sth / to revert
HSK 7-9
to repay / to reimburse
HSK 7-9
to haggle over price / to bargain
HSK 7-9
there still remain(s); there is (or are) still / in addition
not bad / tolerable / fortunately
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surname Huan
to return sth to sb
to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
to hit back / to return fire
contacts / dealings
to return alive / to survive
to repay a loan
to repay capital
to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
to make a counteroffer when haggling / to bargain
to settle a debt
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
to return sth / to hand back
to recover (lost property or money) / to win back
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]
(literary) to return to one's native place
to return with thanks / to give back (honorific)
to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products)
to return
to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
to retort / to answer back
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
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
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
to settle and account
to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
to ask for sth back / to recover
to retort / to answer back
to return a favor / to reciprocate / (literary) to report back
return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks
to hit back / to retaliate
to offer a return banquet
return books
please return (an item sent in the mail)
How dare you! / This is an outrage! / Absolutely disgraceful!
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. 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
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
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
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
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)
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 release (a hostage) / to put back in place
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task
survivor
ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
repossession
restoring agricultural land to forest
to be better off ... / might as well ...
reconstituted milk (Tw)
reducing agent
to set the record straight / to clarify the facts
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
to forget (everything one has learned)
(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
recycled paper
that goes without saying


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