打回

dǎhuí

verb

Meanings

1 to send back
2 to reject and return (a document, application, etc.)
3 to beat back

Characters

to hit, to send

back, to return

Examples

HSK 4

申请材料不全，被打回了。

Shēnqǐng cáiliào bù quán, bèi dǎhuí le.

The application was incomplete and was rejected back.

HSK 5

这份报告被领导打回来重写。

Zhè fèn bàogào bèi lǐngdǎo dǎhuí lái chóngxiě.

The manager sent this report back to be rewritten.

Tips

usage

In office and bureaucratic contexts, 打回 is the standard word for a superior or gatekeeper rejecting a submission and sending it back for revision. Often intensified with 重做 / 重写 ('redo / rewrite').

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

回 huí