回头 - huí tóu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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回頭 (回头)

huí tóu

Definition

to turn around
to turn round
to repent
to look back
to go back
to turn one's head
later
by and by

Character Decomposition

Related words (3)

repeat customer

return of the prodigal son

浪子回頭金不換

làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn

a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold

Idioms (4)

浪子回頭

làng zǐ huí tóu

the return of a prodigal son (idiom)

不撞南牆不回頭

bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu

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

好馬不吃回頭草

hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo

(lit.) a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture (idiom); (fig.) one should not go back to one's past experiences (of love, job etc)

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

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