回溯

huísù

verb #19,107

Meanings

1 to recall
2 to look back upon
3 to trace back

Characters

to return; back

to trace upstream; to go against the current

Examples

让我们回溯一下事情的经过。

Ràng wǒmen huísù yíxià shìqing de jīngguò.

Let's look back at how things unfolded.

回溯历史，我们能学到很多。

Huísù lìshǐ, wǒmen néng xuédào hěn duō.

Looking back at history, we can learn a lot.

Tips

memory

回 (return) + 溯 (go against the current) — tracing back upstream through time, like swimming against a river to find its source.

Stroke Order

回 huí

溯 sù