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Mandarin · pinyin tuì huí

to return (an item)
to send back
to go back

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退: tuì · step back, retreat, withdraw
回: huí · return, turn around; a time

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4–2 · tui4 hui2

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verb

to go or turn back; to retreat; to return
to return (something); to send or give back

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