扳回

bānhuí
  1. to pull back
  2. to regain (one's dignity etc)
  3. to recover from (an adverse situation)
  4. to turn the tables

CEDICT

  1. 拉回来。如:「只见他将扳手扳回机器，就停止运转了。」
  2. 挽回颓势。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 扳 bān
  1. to pull
  2. to turn (sth) around
  3. to turn around (a situation)
  4. to recoup
=2 回 huí
  1. to circle
  2. to go back
  3. to turn around
  4. to answer
  5. to return
  6. to revolve
  7. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. time
  9. classifier for acts of a play
  10. section or chapter (of a classic book)
=2 回 huí
  1. to curve
  2. to return
  3. to revolve
=2 回 huí variant of 回 huí

Containing this entry

扳回一城 bānhuíyīchéng to recover some lost ground (in a competition)

Related entries

后撤 hòuchè
  1. to pull back (an army)
  2. to retreat
收缩 shōusuō
  1. to pull back
  2. to shrink
  3. to contract
  4. (physiology) systole
缩 suō
  1. to withdraw
  2. to pull back
  3. to contract
  4. to shrink
  5. to reduce
  6. abbreviation
  7. also pr. sù
蜗牛把触角缩了回去。

The snail drew in its feelers.

Source: Tatoeba

掣 chè
  1. to pull
  2. to draw
  3. to pull back
  4. to withdraw
  5. to flash past
回采 huícǎi
  1. stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces)
  2. to extract ore
  3. extraction
  4. to pull back
View more