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

HSK 2

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.

HSK 4

回溯历史，我们能学到很多。

Huísù lìshǐ, wǒmen néng xué dào hěnduō.

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