扳回

bānhuí

verb #30,767

Meanings

1 to pull back
2 to regain (one's dignity, ground, etc.)
3 to recover from (an adverse situation)
4 to turn the tables

Characters

to pull; to yank

back; to return

Examples

他在最后一局扳回一城。

Tā zài zuìhòu yī jú bānhuí yī chéng.

He pulled one back in the final round.

我们必须扳回这场比赛。

Wǒmen bìxū bānhuí zhè chǎng bǐsài.

We have to turn this match around.

Tips

usage

扳回 is most common in sports and competition contexts — 扳回一城 ("pull one back") and 扳回比分 ("even the score") are set collocations. The image is of grabbing something that was slipping away and yanking it back.

Stroke Order

扳 bān

回 huí