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

这份报告被领导打回来重写。

Zhè fèn bàogào bèi lǐngdǎo dǎ huílái chóng xiě.

The manager sent this report back to be rewritten.

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.

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