回眸

huímóu
verb #40,511

Meanings

  1. 1 to glance back
  2. 2 to look back on; a retrospective

Examples

HSK 5
Tā zǒudào ménkǒu, yòu huímóu kàn le wǒ yì yǎn.
At the door, she turned and glanced back at me.
HSK 5
Huímóu guòqù de yì nián, wǒmen shōuhuò le hěnduō.
Looking back on the past year, we have achieved a great deal.

Tips

culture
The word keeps a graceful, often romantic feel from 白居易's 《长恨歌》, where Yang Guifei's glance back and smile, 回眸一笑百媚生, outshines every other woman at court. In headlines it means a look back over a year or an era.

Stroke Order

回 huí
眸 móu