挽回 wǎn huí ㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ waan5 wui4 HSK 7-9
- to retrieve
- to redeem
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More words with these characters
挽
- 挽救 wǎn jiù ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ waan5 gau3 to save
- 挽具 wǎn jù ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄩˋ waan5 geoi6 harness
- 挽力 wǎn lì ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ waan5 lik6 pulling power (of draft animals)
- 挽尊 wǎn zūn ㄨㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄣ waan5 zyun1 (neologism) (slang) to salvage a bit of dignity (abbr. for 挽回尊严)
- 挽幛 wǎn zhàng ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄤˋ waan5 zoeng3 large elegiac scroll
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- 挽歌 wǎn gē ㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄜ waan5 go1 a dirge
- 挽留 wǎn liú ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ waan5 lau4 to urge to stay
- 挽词 挽詞 wǎn cí ㄨㄢˇ ㄘˊ waan5 ci4 an elegy
- 挽辞 挽辭 wǎn cí ㄨㄢˇ ㄘˊ waan5 ci4 an elegy
- 挽额 挽額 wǎn é ㄨㄢˇ ㄜˊ waan5 ngaak6 elegiac tablet
- 推挽 tuī wǎn ㄊㄨㄟ ㄨㄢˇ teoi1 waan5 to push and pull
- 挽联 輓聯 wǎn lián ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
- 挽诗 輓詩 wǎn shī ㄨㄢˇ ㄕ elegy
- 挽近 輓近 wǎn jìn ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ old variant of 晚近
- 不可挽回 bù kě wǎn huí ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ bat1 ho2 waan5 wui4 irreversible
- 力挽狂澜 力挽狂瀾 lì wǎn kuáng lán ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄢˊ lik6 waan5 kwong4 laan4 to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
- 无可挽回 無可挽回 wú kě wǎn huí ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ mou4 ho2 waan5 wui4 irrevocable
回
- 来回 來回 lái huí ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ loi4 wui4 to make a round trip
- 回来 回來 huí lai ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄞ wui4 loi4 to return; to come back
- 回信 huí xìn ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ wui4 seon3 to reply
- 回到 huí dào ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄠˋ wui4 dou3 to return to
- 回升 huí shēng ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ wui4 sing1 to rise again after a fall
Show 15 more words with 回
- 回去 huí qu ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄑㄩ wui4 heoi3 to return
- 回合 huí hé ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄜˊ wui4 hap6 one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents
- 回味 huí wèi ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˋ wui4 mei6 to call to mind and ponder over
- 回国 回國 huí guó ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ wui4 gwok3 to return to one's home country
- 回报 回報 huí bào ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄠˋ wui4 bou3 (in) return
- 回家 huí jiā ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄚ wui4 gaa1 to return home
- 回复 回復 huí fù ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˋ wui4 fuk6 to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc)
- 回想 huí xiǎng ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤˇ wui4 soeng2 to recall
- 回忆 回憶 huí yì ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄧˋ wui4 jik1 to recall
- 回应 回應 huí yìng ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄥˋ wui4 jing3 to respond
- 回扣 huí kòu ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄡˋ wui4 kau3 brokerage
- 回收 huí shōu ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡ wui4 sau1 to recycle
- 回教 Huí jiào ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ wui4 gaau3 Islam
- 回归 回歸 huí guī ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟ wui4 gwai1 to return to
- 回答 huí dá ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ wui4 daap3 to reply; to answer
Idioms with these characters
- 峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ fung1 wui4 lou6 zyun2 the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)
- 回嗔作喜 huí chēn zuò xǐ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄣ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧˇ wui4 can1 zok3 hei2 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
- 回禄之灾 回祿之災 Huí lù zhī zāi ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄓ ㄗㄞ wui4 luk6 zi1 zoi1 (idiom) fire disaster; conflagration
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- 回天乏术 回天乏術 huí tiān fá shù ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄨˋ wui4 tin1 fat6 seot6 (idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery
- 回天无力 回天無力 huí tiān wú lì ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ wui4 tin1 mou4 lik6 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
- 回心转意 回心轉意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄧˋ wui4 sam1 zyun2 ji3 to change one's mind (idiom)
- 浪子回头 浪子回頭 làng zǐ huí tóu ㄌㄤˋ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ long6 zi2 wui4 tau4 the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
- 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄣ miu6 sau2 wui4 ceon1 (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure
- 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng ㄑㄧˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ hei2 sei2 wui4 sang1 to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
- 有去无回 有去無回 yǒu qù wú huí ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩˋ ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ jau5 heoi3 mou4 wui4 gone forever (idiom)
Example sentences
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但 与此同时 與此同時 , 它 却 卻 在 消逝 : 时间 時間 无可挽回 無可挽回 地 流逝 , 而 我们 我們 却 卻 四处 四處 游荡 遊蕩 , 成为 成為 我们 我們 对 對 细节 細節 的 热爱 熱愛 的 囚徒 。
But meanwhile it flees: time flees irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail.
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