回回
huí huí
Pinyin

Definition

回回
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huí huí
  1. time and again
  2. every time
回回
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Huí hui
  1. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

回
huí
  1. 1 to circle
  2. 2 to go back
  3. 3 to turn around
  4. 4 to answer
  5. 5 to return
  6. 6 to revolve
  7. 7 Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. 8 time
  9. 9 classifier for acts of a play
  10. 10 section or chapter (of a classic book)
回来
huí lai
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to come back
回到
huí dào
  1. 1 to return to
回家
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
回忆
huí yì
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 memories
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (16)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
回天乏术
huí tiān fá shù
  1. 1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to save the situation
回天无力
huí tiān wú lì
  1. 1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to save the situation

Sample Sentences

名字有很多，总的来说称回教的较多，伊斯兰教徒则被称为回回，这也是现在回族的前身。
míngzi yǒu hěn duō ，zǒngdeláishuō chēng huíjiào de jiào duō ，yīsīlán jiàotú zé bèi chēngwéi huíhuí ，zhè yě shì xiànzài huízú de qiánshēn 。
There were many names. Generally speaking it was called "Hui" the most. Followers of Islam were called "Hui Hui." They were the predecessors to the contemporary Hui people.
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