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回头

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huí tóu

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Definitions

  1. 1. to turn round; to turn one's head
  2. 2. later; by and by

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Words Containing 回头

不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu

to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

回头客
huí tóu kè

repeat customer

回头见
huí tóu jiàn

See you!

回头路
huí tóu lù

the road back to where one came from

好马不吃回头草
hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo

lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)

败子回头
bài zǐ huí tóu

return of the prodigal son

浪子回头
làng zǐ huí tóu

the return of a prodigal son (idiom)

苦海无边,回头是岸
kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn

The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.

走回头路
zǒu huí tóu lù

to turn back

开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn

lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)

Child Words of 回头

回
huí

to circle

头
tóu

head

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