created sense approved 回过头来/回過頭來 · huíguòtóulái · to turn around — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
回过头来 / 回過頭來
huíguòtóulái
to turn around
To turn one's head around to look back or face the opposite direction.
回, 过头来
回 (literal) → 回 · huí · to turn 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · [directional]
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created sense approved 回过头来/回過頭來 · huíguòtóulái · to return — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
回过头来 / 回過頭來
huíguòtóulái
to return
To return to a previous point in a conversation or line of thought; to come back to what was being said before.
回 (literal) → 回 · huí · to return 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · [directional]
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 回过头来/回過頭來 · huíguòtóulái · to look back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
回过头来 / 回過頭來
huíguòtóulái
to look back
To reflect on the past or look back in time.
回 (literal) → 回 · huí · to return 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · [directional]
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition