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HSK
to return to / to come (or go) back
HSK 5
to return to
HSK 7-9
restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
HSK 7-9
to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip
HSK 7-9
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  *返* | 返* | *返
to return (to)
to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work
to return to school
to return to the point of departure
return trip / to make a return trip; to return
to turn back
to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war) / to send back
to rehire retired personnel
to return to one's home town
(of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)
to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways
to return / to go back / to come back
to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
(of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate
to come back / to return
sales bonus / affiliate reward / rebate / commission
to send back
(neologism c. 2009) to give a cashback reward to a consumer
to return to Hong Kong
shuttle run
in-ear monitor (abbr. for 耳機返聽系統|耳机返听系统) (contrasted with 地返)
atavism (biology)
floor monitor; foldback speaker; wedge monitor
dealer incentive / sales bonus / rebate
gone forever
to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
"shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others for a profit
to return to one's country
to return home
to resume one's former position (after being laid off) / to return to work (after taking leave)
to return to Taiwan
repossession
grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage
to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)


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