zhuàn huí laidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc)
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Original source entry:

賺回來 赚回来 [zhuan4 hui2 lai5] /to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc)/

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Other forms in these source records: 賺回來

  • 赚
    zhuàn

    to earn / to make a profit

    zuàn

    to cheat / to swindle

  • 回
    huí

    to go back / to return / to turn back / to turn around / to reply / to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times / to curve / to return / to revolve

    Huí

    Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)

  • 来
    lái

    to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[huí lai]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zì gǔ yǐ lái]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lái shì]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[dé] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tán de lái], or after 不[bù] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chī bu lái])

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