回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn 回过头来 回過頭來 huí guò tóu lái to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past 倒叙 倒敘 dào xù to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning / to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc) 掉头 掉頭 diào tóu to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about syn 转背 轉背 zhuǎn bèi to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time 背转 背轉 bèi zhuǎn to turn away / to turn one's back to / (gymnastics etc) backspin 转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music) 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 负 負 fù to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) 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 后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn 中路 zhōng lù midway / mediocre (quality) / midfield (soccer) syn 中途 zhōng tú midway syn 半路 bàn lù halfway / midway / on the way syn 半途 bàn tú halfway / midway syn 中途岛 中途島 zhōng tú dǎo Midway Islands 中途岛战役 中途島戰役 zhōng tú dǎo zhàn yì Battle of Midway, June 1942 辍笔 輟筆 chuò bǐ to stop writing or painting / to leave off writing midway 命门 命門 mìng mén (TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point 回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by syn 转头 轉頭 zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent syn 扭头 扭頭 niǔ tóu to turn one's head / to turn around syn 接着 接著 jiē zhe to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn syn 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 调转 調轉 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn 反败为胜 反敗為勝 fǎn bài wéi shèng to turn defeat into victory (idiom) / to turn the tide 破涕为笑 破涕為笑 pò tì wéi xiào to turn tears into laughter (idiom) / to turn grief into happiness 拧开 擰開 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 倒空 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out 折 zhē to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container) syn 扳 bān to pull / to turn (sth) around / to turn around (a situation) / to recoup syn 反脸无情 反臉無情 fǎn liǎn wú qíng to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom) / to turn against a friend 点石成金 點石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem 点铁成金 點鐵成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem 惨变 慘變 cǎn biàn calamitous turn of events / (of one's complexion) to change markedly due to shock, illness etc / to turn deathly pale 打跟头 打跟頭 dǎ gēn tou to turn a somersault / to turn head over heels 轮次 輪次 lún cì in turn / by turns / lap / turn / round / classifier for laps, turns, rounds 转面无情 轉面無情 zhuǎn miàn wú qíng to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom) / to turn against a friend 拨转 撥轉 bō zhuǎn to turn / to turn around / to transfer (funds etc) 翻篇儿 翻篇兒 fān piān r to turn a page / (fig.) to turn over a new leaf 回首 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past syn 逆转 逆轉 nì zhuǎn to turn back / to reverse syn 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out / to turn back syn 颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn 彷徨 páng huáng to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn / to hesitate / to waver syn 反手 fǎn shǒu to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done 扳回 bān huí to pull back / to regain (one's dignity etc) / to recover from (an adverse situation) / to turn the tables syn 折回 zhé huí to turn back / to retrace one's steps syn 折返 zhé fǎn to turn back syn 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things syn 折转 摺轉 zhé zhuǎn reflex (angle) / to turn back 开倒车 開倒車 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back syn 逆行倒施 nì xíng dǎo shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things 好马不吃回头草 好馬不吃回頭草 hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind 走回头路 走回頭路 zǒu huí tóu lù to turn back / to backtrack / (fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things 逆行倒施 nì xíng dào shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 背后 背後 bèi hòu behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back syn 反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn 后退 後退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat syn 退回 tuì huí to return (an item) / to send back / to go back syn 后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn 脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 夺回 奪回 duó huí to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back syn 退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions syn 回眸 huí móu to glance back / to look back / retrospective syn 反悔 fǎn huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn 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 背靠背 bèi kào bèi back to back 顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back / to answer back syn 送还 送還 sòng huán to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate syn 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 回返 huí fǎn to return / to go back / to come back syn 背对背 背對背 bèi duì bèi back to back 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 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 翻悔 fān huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) 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 追根溯源 zhuī gēn sù yuán to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth 偝 bèi to disobey / to stand back-to-back 反嘴 fǎn zuǐ to answer back / to contradict / to renege / to go back on one's word 戳壁脚 戳壁腳 chuō bì jiǎo to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting 戳脊梁 chuō jǐ liang to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting 戳脊梁骨 chuō jǐ liang gǔ to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting 背侧 背側 bèi cè back / back side 回滚 回滾 huí gǔn (computing) to roll back / rollback / (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due to backspin or sloping ground) 弧后裂谷 弧後裂谷 back-arc rift / back-arc spreading centre 弧后扩张中心 弧後擴張中心 back-arc rift / back-arc spreading centre 背靠背运输 背靠背運輸 bèi kào bèi yùn shū back-to-back transport 回购设施 回購設施 huí gòu shè shī buy-back facility / buy-back centre 回购中心 回購中心 buy-back facility / buy-back centre 开弓没有回头箭 開弓沒有回頭箭 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks 前胸贴后背 前胸貼後背 qián xiōng tiē hòu bèi (lit.) chest sticking to back / (fig.) famished / (of several persons) packed chest to back 挺腰 tǐng yāo to straighten one's back / to arch one's back 