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回望

Mandarin · pinyin huí wàng

to return sb's gaze; to meet sb's eyes
to look back (to one's rear)
(fig.) to look back at (the past); to reflect on

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
望: wàng · to look at, look forward; to hope, expect

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2–4 · hui2 wang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wui4 mong6

Cantonese word readings for 回望. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(literary) to turn back toward; to look back

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