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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		敗子回頭	败子回头	[bai4 zi3 hui2 tou2]	/return of the prodigal son/	7122	1
		不撞南牆不回頭	不撞南墙不回头	[bu4 zhuang4 nan2 qiang2 bu4 hui2 tou2]	/to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)/	6124	1
		好馬不吃回頭草	好马不吃回头草	[hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3]	/lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)/fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)/leave the past behind/	2305	1
		回頭見	回头见	[hui2 tou2 jian4]	/See you!/Bye!/	6541	1
		回頭路	回头路	[hui2 tou2 lu4]	/the road back to where one came from/	2299	1
		回頭	回头	[[hui2tou2]]	/to turn round; to turn one's head/later; by and by/	872	2
		回頭客	回头客	[[hui2tou2ke4]]	/repeat customer/	429	2
		回頭率	回头率	[[hui2tou2lü4]]	/frequency with which people turn their heads to look; degree of attracting attention/percentage of repeat customers (catering, hospitality etc)/	339	2
		開弓沒有回頭箭	开弓没有回头箭	[kai1 gong1 mei2 you3 hui2 tou2 jian4]	/lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)/fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back/to have to finish what one started/to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks/	4669	1
		苦海無邊，回頭是岸	苦海无边，回头是岸	[ku3 hai3 wu2 bian1 , hui2 tou2 shi4 an4]	/The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering./Repent and ye shall be saved!/	6354	1
		浪子回頭	浪子回头	[lang4 zi3 hui2 tou2]	/the return of a prodigal son (idiom)/	5739	1
		浪子回頭金不換	浪子回头金不换	[lang4 zi3 hui2 tou2 jin1 bu4 huan4]	/a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold/	5525	1
		走回頭路	走回头路	[zou3 hui2 tou2 lu4]	/to turn back/to backtrack/(fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things/	2299	1

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