挽回

wǎnhuí

verb HSK 7-9 #5,883

Meanings

HSK 4

他想挽回她的心。

Tā xiǎng wǎnhuí tā de xīn.

He wants to win back her heart.

HSK 5

这次的损失已经无法挽回了。

Zhècì de sǔnshī yǐjīng wúfǎ wǎnhuí le.

The losses this time are already beyond recovery.

usage

挽回 is often used with abstract objects like 损失 (losses), 面子 (face), or 局面 (situation). It implies recovering something that is slipping away.

memory

Think of pulling (挽) something back (回) - like grabbing a rope to pull something back before it's gone.

挽 wǎn

回 huí