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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

回去 [huíqù]
  1. 1. return; go back; be back
    他明天回杭州去。
    He will return to Hangzhou tomorrow.
    他离开家乡十年,从未回去过。
    He has never been back to his birthplace since he left it ten years ago.
  2. 2. (used after a verb) back (there)
    请把这封信给他退回去
    Please return the letter to him.
    昨天我是走回去的。
    I went back on foot yesterday.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

回去 [huíqù]
  1. 1. 从某处回到原处
    春节之前回去看望母亲。
  2. 2. 用在动词后,表示动作使人或事物从别处到原处或离开说话人所在地
    就两站地,咱们走回去
    把上级的指示带回去

Examples

把他的遗骸送回去安葬。
escort his remains back to his home town for burial
回去的时候,趁便给我带个口信。
When you go back, would you take a message for me?
大不了我们走着回去
If the worst comes to the worst, we'll walk back.
请你带个信儿给我妈,说我今天要晚点儿回去
Please tell my mother that I'll be home late tonight.
把抗议顶回去
reject a protest
我们顶好现在就动身回去
We'd better be starting back now.
前面走不通了,咱们拐回去吧。
We can't get through here, let's turn back.
请把这封信给他退回去
Please return the letter to him.

Collocations

回去
to run back
回去
to send something back
早点回去
to go back early
回去一趟
to make a return trip
送他回去
send him back
回去看看
to go back and have a look at something

Word Decomposition


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