回頭路

回头路
huítóulù
the road back to where one came from

CEDICT

  1. 已經走過的路。
  2. 比喻可抽身而退的路。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 回頭 huítóu
  1. to turn round; to turn one's head
  2. later; by and by
2 路 lù
  1. journey
  2. route
  3. line (bus etc)
  4. sort; kind

classifier: 條

Containing this entry

走回頭路 zǒuhuítóulù
  1. to turn back
  2. to backtrack
  3. (fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things