返 fǎn — to return; to go back; to come back; to revert; to turn back; to go home
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Level 1 · Common HSK 5 #794
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Basic definition
Detailed explanation
- verb (形声。从辵，反声。字本作“反”。本义:回归，返回)
- verb return;go back e.g 返命 · 返书 · 返棹
- verb return e.g 返璧 · 返金
- verb change e.g 返瑟而弦 · 返嘴 · 返易
- verb violate
Related words
- 返回 to return; to go back; to come back; to revert; to turn back; to homeward
- 重返 to return to
- 往返 to go back and forth; to make a round trip; to shuttle; to and fro; round trip
- 返乡 to return to one's hometown
- 返还 to return; to give back; to refund
- 遣返 to repatriate; to send back; to return; to send home; to deport back
- 流连忘返 to enjoy oneself so much as to forget to go home; to linger on without thought o
- 返校 to return to school
- 返程 return trip
- 复返 to return again; to come back once more
- 返航 return to the point of departure
- 一去不返 gone never to return; gone for good
- 返青 (of winter crops or transplanted seedlings) to turn green and resume growth
- 返工 to redo; to rework; to do poorly work over again; to go back to work
- 积重难返 long-standing problems hard to reverse; ingrained habits hard to change
- 返贫 to fall back into poverty
- 返老还童 to grow young again; to rejuvenate
- 返照 reflected light; the glow of the setting sun
- 迷途知返 to realize one's error and return to the right path
- 返城 to return to the city