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HSK
still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or
HSK 1
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  *還* | 還* | *還
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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  *還* | 還* | *還
to pay back / to return
HSK 1
there still remain(s); there is (or are) still / in addition
HSK 1
to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
HSK 7-9
to repay / to reimburse
HSK 7-9
to return sth / to revert
HSK 7-9
restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
HSK 7-9
to haggle over price / to bargain
HSK 7-9
repayment / to pay back money
HSK 7-9
to set the record straight / to clarify the facts
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown
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  *還* | 還* | *還
surname Huan
to return sth / to hand back
not bad / tolerable / fortunately
to return sth to sb
to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
to return alive / to survive
to be better off ... / might as well ...
to settle a debt
to repay capital
to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products)
to retort / to answer back
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
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]
(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold
(literary) to return to one's native place
to retort / to answer back
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
to come back to life (after death)
to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
to hit back / to retaliate
to return with thanks / to give back (honorific)
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
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 release (a hostage) / to put back in place
please return (an item sent in the mail)
return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks
to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate
to contact; to have dealings (with sb)
reducing agent
to make a counteroffer when haggling / to bargain
to return a favor / to reciprocate / (literary) to report back
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
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task
to offer a return banquet
to forget (everything one has learned)
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
ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
to return
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
How dare you! / This is an outrage! / Absolutely disgraceful!
to settle and account
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
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
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
survivor
A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
to ask for sth back / to recover
repossession
to recover (lost property or money) / to win back
restoring agricultural land to forest
to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
reconstituted milk (Tw)
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
to hit back / to return fire
return books
to repay a loan
(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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