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Information of 返

Pinyin fǎn

Radical

辶

Strokes

7 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to return (to)

返 [fǎn] 动 1. 回，归。 return; go back 例如: 往返 (make a round trip); 回航 (return flight); 返工 (return to work); 返青 (regrowth of seedlings); 返销 (return goods); 返修 (return for repairs); 还返 (to return something); 流连忘返 (to linger and forget to leave). 2. 归还。 return 例如: 返璧 (return a gift); 返金 (refund money). 3. 更换。 change 例如: 返瑟而弦 (change the string instruments); 返嘴 (to retract one's words); 返易 (exchange, swap). 4. 通“反”。违反。 violate 例如: 返倒 (to rebel, to resist). 本义: 回归，返回。 Original meaning: return; go back. 造字法: 形声。从辵，反声。字本作“反”。 Character formation: pictophonetic; consists of the component 辵 (movement) and the phonetic反. Originally written as “反”。引例: 1. 《说文》：返，还也。 2. 《广雅》：返，归也。 3. 《书·西伯勘黎》：祖伊返。 4. 唐· 崔颢《黄鹤楼》：黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。 5. 《史记·魏公子列传》：公子往而臣不送，以是知公子恨之复返也。 6. 晋· 陶渊明《归园田居》：久在樊笼里，复得返自然。 7. 返字本作“反”。 8. 《诗·周颂·执竞》：福禄来反。 9. 《国语·齐语》：而反其侵地。

返回 fǎn huí

to return to / to come (or go) back

往返 wǎng fǎn

to go back and forth / to go to and fro / round trip

流连忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn

to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home

返朴归真 fǎn pǔ guī zhēn

return to nature

返璞归真 fǎn pú guī zhēn

to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state

返老还童 fǎn lǎo huán tóng

to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom)

重返 chóng fǎn

to return to

返还 fǎn huán

restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance

返程 fǎn chéng

return journey (e.g. home)

返航 fǎn háng

to return to the point of departure

遣返 qiǎn fǎn

to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war) / to send back

返乡 fǎn xiāng

to return to one's home town

返国 fǎn guó

to return to one's country

无功而返 wú gōng ér fǎn

to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs

一去不复返 yī qù bù fù fǎn

gone forever

回返 huí fǎn

to return / to go back / to come back

积重难返 jī zhòng nán fǎn

ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard

返校 fǎn xiào

to return to school

一去不返 yī qù bù fǎn

be gone forever / go away forever / go for good and all / leave for good

一去不复返了 yī qù bù fù fǎn le

Gone forever

返归 fǎn guī

Return

返青 fǎn qīng

(of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate