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

HSK 3

我们必须扳回这场比赛。

Wǒmen bìxū bānhuí zhè chǎng bǐsài.

We have to turn this match around.

HSK 4

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.

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