后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt syn 背后 背後 bèi hòu behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back syn 退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions syn 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn 后退 後退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat syn 后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn 反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn 大战 大戰 dà zhàn war / to wage war syn 后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn 开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against syn 回电 回電 huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram 退回 tuì huí to return (an item) / to send back / to go back syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 反悔 fǎn huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn 石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) syn 顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back / to answer back syn 参战 參戰 cān zhàn to go to war / to engage in war 遣返 qiǎn fǎn to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war) / to send back 如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn 回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering syn 义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn 残破 殘破 cán pò broken / dilapidated syn 头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn 破鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut syn 稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn 拔河 bá hé tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war 持久战 持久戰 chí jiǔ zhàn prolonged war / war of attrition 背靠背 bèi kào bèi back to back 送还 送還 sòng huán to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate syn 回眸 huí móu to glance back / to look back / retrospective syn 依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave syn 投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. syn 抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) 七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder syn 回返 huí fǎn to return / to go back / to come back syn 靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind 夺回 奪回 duó huí to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back syn 转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music) syn 坏掉 壞掉 huài diào to get broken / to get damaged / to get ruined 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 断腿 斷腿 duàn tuǐ broken leg 逡巡 qūn xún to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant 回弹 回彈 huí tán (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 背对背 背對背 bèi duì bèi back to back 淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 坏 壞 huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn 背 bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn 归 歸 guī to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor syn 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn 负 負 fù to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) syn 开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn 锔 鋦 jū to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together 残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn 败絮 敗絮 bài xù ruined / broken down / shabby 翻悔 fān huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn 爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ 的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn 还 還 huán to pay back / to return syn 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn 回来 回來 huí lai to return / to come back syn 却 卻 què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though syn 回去 huí qu to return / to go back syn 支持 zhī chí to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn 战争 戰爭 zhàn zhēng war / conflict / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] syn 战 戰 zhàn to fight / fight / war / battle syn 保留 bǎo liú to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 回报 回報 huí bào (in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate syn 支援 zhī yuán to provide assistance / to support / to back syn 收回 shōu huí to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke syn 赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out / to turn back syn 后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn 回顾 回顧 huí gù to look back / to review syn 返回 fǎn huí to return to / to come (or go) back syn 复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 来电 來電 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back 后台 後臺 hòu tái backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background syn 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn 回想 huí xiǎng to recall / to recollect / to think back syn 后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.) 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 回避 迴避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn 来回 來回 lái huí to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly syn 后座 後座 hòu zuò back seat / pillion 退缩 退縮 tuì suō to shrink back / to cower syn 后援 後援 hòu yuán reinforcement / back-up / supporting force syn 归来 歸來 guī lái to return / to come back syn 战利品 戰利品 zhàn lì pǐn spoils of war 战机 戰機 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret 