| 释义 |
Examples:come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory—fabricated declaration (e.g. income tax return)—"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling give up city comforts and return to the countryside)—return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)—pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner—(fig.) return to one's old place, job, school etc—return to the main topic (idiom); back to business—return to a previously visited spot—transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)—remove armor and return to the farm—return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school—return to one's home town—return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)—left return to unchecked growth—seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return—toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); return a favor—return (to a previous condition)—lit. let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities—(of a wife) return to her parental home—lit. return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner—fig. return to one's homeland—return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)—give up evil and return to virtue—fig. give up evil ways and return to virtue—return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)—fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return their roots (proverb)—lit. return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback—return to work (after stoppage)—euphemism, lit. return West or to the Western Paradise—return to one's parents' home to pay respects—return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs—return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions [idiom.]— |