TongTong
Sign in

扳回 (bān huí) — to pull back, to regain (from an adverse situation), to turn the tables

Definition

扳回 means to recover something lost (a score, a game, dignity) by active effort — a turning-the-tables sense, not a neutral 'get back'.

verb
to pull backto regain (from an adverse situation)to turn the tables

Examples

  • 扳回。
    Qiú duì zài xià bàn chǎng bān huí le bǐ fēn.
    The team regained the score in the second half.
  • 扳回。
    Tā lián shū liǎng jú hòu zhōng yú bān huí yì jú.
    After losing two games in a row, he finally won one back.
  • 扳回。
    Wǒ xī wàng nǐ néng bān huí nǐ de zūn yán.
    I hope you can regain your dignity.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

扳bānpull
回huíback

扳 means pull and 回 adds coming back, so it can turn a loss back in one's favor.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 扳 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

Open 回 →
Appears in
Sports & AthleticsSuccess & Failure

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.