"回头" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 huí tóu to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by
Results beginning with 回头
 huí tóu kè repeat customer
 huí tóu jiàn See you! / Bye!
 huí tóu lù the road back to where one came from
Approximate Results for 回头
 làng zǐ huí tóu the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
 bài zǐ huí tóu return of the prodigal son
 zǒu huí tóu lù to turn back / to backtrack / (fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
 làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
 bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
 hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
 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
 kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved!
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