回程 (huí chéng) — return trip; return stroke (in machinery)
Definition
Refers to the trip or motion back to the starting point — the companion word to 去程 ('outbound trip'). In machinery it also names the return stroke of a piston or similar part.
noun
return tripreturn stroke (in machinery)
Measure word · 趟
Examples
- 回程？Zhè zhāng piào shì qù chéng hái shì huí chéng?Is this ticket for the outbound trip or the return trip?
- 回程。Fā dòng jī de huó sāi wán chéng le yí gè huí chéng.The piston of the engine completed one return stroke.
- 回程。Wǒ men kě yǐ zài huí chéng tú zhōng xiū xi yí xià.We can rest a bit during the return trip.
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