收回
shōu huí
Pinyin

Definition

收回
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shōu huí
  1. to regain
  2. to retake
  3. to take back
  4. to withdraw
  5. to revoke

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
回去
huí qu
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to go back
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]
收到
shōu dào
  1. 1 to receive
收获
shōu huò
  1. 1 variant of 收穫|收获[shōu huò]
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
吸收
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit
回事
huí shì
  1. 1 (old) to report to one's master
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
回收
huí shōu
  1. 1 to recycle
  2. 2 to reclaim
  3. 3 to retrieve
  4. 4 to recover
  5. 5 to recall (a defective product)
回归
huí guī
  1. 1 to return to
  2. 2 to retreat
  3. 3 regression (statistics)

Idioms (20)

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)
兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
  1. 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
  2. 2 eclectic
  3. 3 all-embracing
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
  1. 1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 both virtue and reward
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)
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
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
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
收残缀轶
shōu cán zhuì yì
  1. 1 to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
早动手，早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
  1. 1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
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)
泼水难收
pō shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change

Sample Sentences

关键是现在还要赶鸭子上架，搞定这些邮件。哎，怎么才能把心收回来啊？
guānjiàn shì xiànzài hái yào gǎn yāzi shàng jià ，gǎodìng zhèxiē yóujiàn 。āi ，zěnme cái néng bǎ xīn shōu huílai a ？
What's bad is that we're being put on the spot with these emails. Agh, how are we going to be able to get our minds back on track?
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That's for sure. There's so much profit here! I heard that a Las Vegas casino won back its investment of about two billion RMB in just seven months! That's scary!
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