挽回
wǎn huí
Pinyin

Definition

挽回
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wǎn huí
  1. to retrieve
  2. to redeem

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]
回老家
huí lǎo jiā
  1. 1 to go back to one's roots
  2. 2 to return to one's native place
  3. 3 by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
回访
huí fǎng
  1. 1 (pay a) return visit

Idioms (17)

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)
力挽狂澜
lì wǎn kuáng lán
  1. 1 to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
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

伊朗称将努力挽回伊朗核问题国际协议，
Yīlǎng chēng jiāng nǔlì wǎnhuí Yīlǎng héwèntí guójì xiéyì ，
Iran has said it will seek to salvage the international agreement on its nuclear activities
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而无论后期再怎么补救，大量具备研究价值的文献资料、藏品已变为一片瓦砾，损失无法挽回。
ér wúlùn hòuqī zài zěnme bǔjiù ，dàliàng jùbèi yánjiū jiàzhí de wénxiàn zīliào 、cángpǐn yǐ biànwéi yī piàn wǎlì ，sǔnshī wúfǎ wǎnhuí 。
Regardless of how much is done later to salvage the loss , a large amount of literature and collections with research value have become rubble, and their loss cannot be recovered.
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