汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 回头
huí tóu
回头 (回頭)
to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by
扭头 掉头 回首 转脸 改过 悔过 改邪归正 改过自新 改悔 悔过自新
❶（－∥－）〈动〉把头转向后方：一～就看见了｜请你回过头来。❷〈动〉回来；返回：一去不～。❸〈动〉悔悟；改邪归正：败子～｜现在～还不算晚。❹〈副〉少等一会儿；过一段时间以后：你先吃饭，～再谈｜我先走了，～见！
回 huí 头 (頭) tóu/tou
COMMON WORDS WITH 回头
回头见 ( 回頭見 )
huí tóu jiàn
See you! / Bye!
( 回頭見 )
回头是岸 ( 回頭是岸 )
huí tóu shì àn
it is never too late to mend / just repent and salvation is at hand
( 回頭是岸 )
回头客 ( 回頭客 )
huí tóu kè
repeat customer
( 回頭客 )
回头率 ( 回頭率 )
huí tóu lǜ
rate of second glance
( 回頭率 )
走回头路 ( 走回頭路 )
zǒu huí tóu lù
to turn back / to backtrack / (fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
( 走回頭路 )
浪子回头 ( 浪子回頭 )
làng zǐ huí tóu
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
( 浪子回頭 )
回转头 ( 迴轉頭 )
huí zhuǎn tóu
swiveling head / turret head
( 迴轉頭 )
回头路 ( 回頭路 )
huí tóu lù
the road back to where one came from
( 回頭路 )
浪子回头金不换 ( 浪子回頭金不換 )
làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
( 浪子回頭金不換 )
败子回头 ( 敗子回頭 )
bài zǐ huí tóu
return of the prodigal son
( 敗子回頭 )
开弓没有回头箭 ( 開弓沒有回頭箭 )
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
( 開弓沒有回頭箭 )
不撞南墙不回头 ( 不撞南牆不回頭 )
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
( 不撞南牆不回頭 )
苦海无边，回头是岸 ( 苦海無邊，回頭是岸 )
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!
( 苦海無邊，回頭是岸 )
好马不吃回头草 ( 好馬不吃回頭草 )
hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo
lit. a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture (idiom) / fig. one should not go back to one's past experiences (of love, job etc)
( 好馬不吃回頭草 )
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

回头望，笑看往昔危亡。

Look back, and smile at perils past.

马行十步九回头。

Horses ten steps back nine.

你能回头并和好如初吗？

Can you turn around and reconnect?

一失足成千古恨，再回头已过百年身。

One single slip brings eternal regret, and looking back, your whole life has passed away.

频频回头的人，自然走不了远路。

Frequently, natural go back not the most direct way.

这个我回头会跟总公司查核一下。

I 'll check back with by head office for you.

那个回头发上了年纪的人是铜匠。

The elderly grey-haired man is a coppersmith by trade.

回头想想，我们当时很恶毒地中伤了他。

We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it.

回头照镜子，珍妮发现手表发出了一束光。

Turning back to the mirror, Jenny saw a flash of light from the watch in the glass.

我怀念过去的日子，可是岁月无法回头。

I cherish the memory of the past day, but I can not go back.

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