回忆
huí yì
Pinyin

Definition

回忆
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huí yì
  1. to recall
  2. memories
  3. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

回
huí
  1. 1 to circle
  2. 2 to go back
  3. 3 to turn around
  4. 4 to answer
  5. 5 to return
  6. 6 to revolve
  7. 7 Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. 8 time
  9. 9 classifier for acts of a play
  10. 10 section or chapter (of a classic book)
回来
huí lai
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to come back
回到
huí dào
  1. 1 to return to
回家
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
回忆
huí yì
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 memories
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
来回
lái huí
  1. 1 to make a round trip
  2. 2 return journey
  3. 3 back and forth
  4. 4 to and fro
  5. 5 repeatedly
回事
huí shì
  1. 1 (old) to report to one's master
回去
huí qu
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to go back
回合
huí hé
  1. 1 one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents
  2. 2 round (boxing etc)
  3. 3 rally (tennis etc)
  4. 4 frame (billiards etc)
  5. 5 inning
  6. 6 (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg
  7. 7 round (of negotiations)
回味
huí wèi
  1. 1 to reflect on
  2. 2 to ponder over
  3. 3 aftertaste
回国
huí guó
  1. 1 to return to one's home country
回报
huí bào
  1. 1 (in) return
  2. 2 reciprocation
  3. 3 payback
  4. 4 retaliation
  5. 5 to report back
  6. 6 to reciprocate
回复
huí fù
  1. 1 to reply
  2. 2 to recover
  3. 3 to return (to a previous condition)
  4. 4 Re: in reply to (email)
回想
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to recollect
  3. 3 to think back
回应
huí yìng
  1. 1 to respond
  2. 2 response
回归
huí guī
  1. 1 to return to
  2. 2 to retreat
  3. 3 regression (statistics)
回眸
huí móu
  1. 1 to glance back
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 retrospective
回答
huí dá
  1. 1 to reply
  2. 2 to answer
  3. 3 the answer
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
回访
huí fǎng
  1. 1 (pay a) return visit
回头
huí tóu
  1. 1 to turn round
  2. 2 to turn one's head
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 by and by

Idioms (16)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
回天乏术
huí tiān fá shù
  1. 1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to save the situation
回天无力
huí tiān wú lì
  1. 1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to save the situation
回心转意
huí xīn zhuǎn yì
  1. 1 to change one's mind (idiom)
好马不吃回头草
hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)
  3. 3 leave the past behind
妙手回春
miào shǒu huí chūn
  1. 1 magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure
  2. 2 brilliant doctor
峰回路转
fēng huí lù zhuǎn
  1. 1 the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a mountain road) twisting and turning
  3. 3 fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly
  4. 4 things have taken a new turn
有去无回
yǒu qù wú huí
  1. 1 gone forever (idiom)
浪子回头
làng zǐ huí tóu
  1. 1 the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
苦海无边，回头是岸
kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn
  1. 1 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.
  2. 2 Repent and ye shall be saved!
说是一回事，做又是另外一回事
shuō shì yī huí shì , zuò yòu shì lìng wài yī huí shì
  1. 1 Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)
起死回生
qǐ sǐ huí shēng
  1. 1 to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
  2. 2 going around in circles
开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn
  1. 1 lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
  3. 3 to have to finish what one started
  4. 4 to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks

Sample Sentences

痛苦的回忆啊，暑假寒假有书法培训班、外语培训班、奥数培训班、小提琴培训班等等。
tòngkǔ de huíyì ā ，shǔjià hánjià yǒu shūfǎ péixùnbān 、wàiyǔ péixùnbān 、àoshǔ péixùnbān 、xiǎotíqín péixùnbān děngdeng 。
Painful memories, in summer and winter vacations we had calligraphy class, foreign language classes, International Mathematical Olympiad training class and violin class, and so on.
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我是认真的，与其浪费时间争吵，不如多花时间和爱的人制造更多美好的回忆。
wǒ shì rènzhēn de ，yǔqí làngfèi shíjiān zhēngchǎo ，bùrú duō huā shíjiān hé ài de rén zhìzào gèng duō měihǎo de huíyì 。
I'm serious. Rather than waste time arguing, it would be better to spend the time creating more beautiful memories with the one you love.
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他们有关于我的回忆啊，不然现在还开始流行“树葬”，买一棵树，葬在底下，尘归尘、土归土，儿孙还可以在树下乘凉。
tāmen yǒu guānyú wǒ de huíyì ā ，bùrán xiànzài hái kāishǐ liúxíng “shùzàng ”，mǎi yī kē shù ，zàng zài dǐxià ，chén guī chén 、tǔ guī tǔ ，érsūn hái kěyǐ zài shù xià chéngliáng 。
They'll have memories of me, otherwise tree burials are starting to get popular nowadays. You buy a tree, and get buried below it, dust to dust, ashes to ashes and your kids and grandkids can even take shade under the tree.
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没错，尽管最后以1:4输给了如日中天的OK组合带领的湖人队，但却给球迷们留下了永远难忘的回忆。
méicuò ，jǐnguǎn zuìhòu yǐ yī bǐ sì shū gěi le rúrìzhōngtiān de OKzǔhé dàilǐng de húrénduì ，dàn què gěi qiúmí men liúxià le yǒngyuǎn nánwàng de huíyì 。
That's right, even though in the end they lost 1:4 to the Lakers led by the Shaq-Kobe duo in their heyday, they still gave their fans something to remember.
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某些回忆，会在看到一些和过去重叠的细节时，如走马灯般断断续续地重播。
mǒuxiē huíyì ，huì zài kàn dào yìxiē hé guòqù chóngdié de xìjié shí ，rú zǒumǎdēng bān duànduànxùxù de chóngbō 。
Certain memories will replay in my mind intermittently like a carousel lamp when I see some little details.
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思凯，你是我的初恋，我的初吻也给了你。现在你毕业了，把所有的回忆都带走吧。
sīkǎi ，nǐ shì wǒ de chūliàn ，wǒ de chūwěn yě gěi le nǐ 。xiànzài nǐ bìyè le ，bǎ suǒyǒu de huíyì dōu dàizǒu ba 。
Sikai, you're my first love, and I gave you my first kiss. Now that you have graduated, take all those memories away with you.
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剩下的只是回忆。
shèngxià de zhǐshì huíyì 。
Leaving only memories
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你都如何回忆我
nǐ dōu rúhé huíyì wǒ
However you remember me
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王强说：“吴国庆应该有个孩子，因为小卖部的阿姨回忆说吴国庆曾到她那里买过五张生日卡片，并说要一次性��补偿他儿子的全部生日。”
Wáng Qiáng shuō ：“Wú Guóqìng yīnggāi yǒu gè háizi ，yīnwèi xiǎomàibù de āyí huíyì shuō Wú Guóqìng céng dào tā nàlǐ mǎi guo wǔ zhāng shēngrì kǎpiàn ，bìng shuō yào yīcìxìng de bǔcháng tā érzi de quánbù shēngrì 。”
Wang Qiang said: “Wu Guoqing apparently also has a child. We know this because the woman who works at the small shop recalled that he had bought five birthday cards from her, saying he wanted to make up for all of his son’s birthdays at once.”
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小尤的脑中快速地回忆着和李探长有关的点点滴滴。
Xiǎo Yóu de nǎozhōng kuàisù de huíyì zhe hé Lǐ tànzhǎng yǒuguān de diǎndiǎndīdī 。
Xiao You quickly went through every memory she had involving Detective Li one by one.
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