返

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to return (to)

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To walk 辶 backwards 反; 反 also provides the pronunciation

Components 辶反

go back · Heisig RSH #658

反 against + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一去不复返	yī qù bù fù fǎn	gone forever
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
回光返照	huí guāng fǎn zhào	final radiance of setting sun; fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
积重难返	jī zhòng nán fǎn	ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
迷不知返	mí bù zhī fǎn	to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)
返国	fǎn guó	to return to one's country
地返	dì fǎn	floor monitor; foldback speaker; wedge monitor
流连忘返	liú lián wàng fǎn	to linger; to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
返家	fǎn jiā	to return home
返利	fǎn lì	dealer incentive; sales bonus; rebate
返工	fǎn gōng	to do poorly done work over again; (Guangdong dialect) to go to work
返券黄牛	fǎn quàn huáng niú	"shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others fo…
返点	fǎn diǎn	sales bonus; affiliate reward; rebate; commission
重返	chóng fǎn	to return to
返台	fǎn Tái	to return to Taiwan
返场	fǎn chǎng	to do an encore; (gaming) (of an item or character) to become available for purchase again
回返	huí fǎn	to return; to go back; to come back
返回	fǎn huí	to return to; to come (or go) back
返祖现象	fǎn zǔ xiàn xiàng	(biology) atavism
返青	fǎn qīng	(of plants) to turn green again; to revegetate