挽 wǎn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 免 to spare, to excuse from
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
挽回
wǎnhuí
to retrieve; to recover; to regain
Characters in this word
回 huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 公司试图通过公开道歉挽回声誉，但消费者更看重实质赔偿。 Gōngsī shìtú tōngguò gōngkāi dàoqiàn wǎnhuí shēngyù, dàn xiāofèizhě gèng kànzhòng shízhì péicháng. The company tried to recover its reputation through a public apology, but consumers cared more about substantive compensation.
- 输了第一局后，他们连赢三场，终于挽回了比分。 Shū le dì yī jú hòu, tāmen lián yíng sān chǎng, zhōngyú wǎnhuí le bǐfēn. After losing the first game, they won three in a row and finally turned the score around.
- 几句真诚的话，挽回了一段多年的友谊。 Jǐ jù zhēnchéng de huà, wǎnhuí le yī duàn duōnián de yǒuyì. A few sincere words saved a friendship of many years.
Related words
- 挽 wǎn to roll up; to hold by the arm; to pull back
- 挽救 wǎnjiù to save; to rescue
- 回 huí to return, to go back
- 回答 huídá to answer; answer
- 回到 huídào to return to
- 回家 huíjiā to go home
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 回去 huíqù to go back
- 回 huí time, occasion (measure word)
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country
- 回复 huífù to reply
- 收回 shōuhuí to take back