挽回 wǎnhuí to retrieve
to retrieve; to redeem
How to remember 挽回: 挽 to pull + 回 return = to retrieve.
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How it is used
- To recover something slipping away - a loss, face, a relationship - 挽回损失 (wǎnhuí sǔnshī) recoup losses; 挽回面子 (wǎnhuí miànzi) save face.
- Contrast 挽救 (wǎnjiù, save from destruction): 挽回 recovers something already being lost. Common frame 无法挽回 (wúfǎ wǎnhuí) irreversible.