回首

huí shǒu HSK 7-9VERB

Verb3 examples

turn one's head; turn round (about)

小女孩回首寻找她的玩具。

xiǎo nǚhái huíshǒu xúnzhǎo tā de wánjù.

The little girl turned her head to look for her toy.

他听到声音，回首看了一眼。

tā tīng dào shēngyīn, huíshǒu kànle yīyǎn.

He heard a sound and looked back.

她回首看见朋友正向她招手。

tā huíshǒu kànjiàn péngyǒu zhèng xiàng tā zhāoshǒu.

She turned her head and saw her friend waving at her.

Verb4 examples

recall; look back; call to mind

回首过去的努力，他非常骄傲。

huíshǒu guòqù de nǔlì, tā fēicháng jiāo'ào.

Looking back at his past efforts, he felt very proud.

每当回首那段时光，我都微笑。

měi dāng huíshǒu nà duàn shíguāng, wǒ dū wēi xiào.

Whenever I look back on that period of time, I smile.

这些场景让人不堪回首。

zhèxiē chǎngjǐng ràng rén bùkān huíshǒu.

These scenes are too painful to look back on.

回首往事，我觉得当时我错了。

huíshǒu wǎngshì, wǒ juéde dàng shí wǒ cuòle.

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