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回顾

huí gù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 回顧

回顾 (huí gù) means "to look back". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 回顾 means

1. to look back
2. to review

The characters in 回顾

• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to

Example sentences

• 咱们回顾一下。
  Zánmen huígù yīxià.
  Let's review.
• 他喜欢回顾老录像带。
  Tā xǐhuan huígù lǎo lùxiàngdài.
  He likes re-watching the old videotapes.
• 回顾2010年，我认为我浪费太多时间了。
  Huígù èr líng yī líng nián, wǒ rènwéi wǒ làngfèi tài duō shíjiān le.
  Looking back at 2010, I think I wasted too much time.
• 我会记会议笔记，下次会议前可以回顾一下。
  I'll keep the meeting notes to review them before the next session.
• 我们可以回顾过去，但不能改变过去；我们可以改变未来，但不能预知未来。
  Wǒmen kěyǐ huígù guòqù, dàn bù néng gǎibiàn guòqù; wǒmen kěyǐ gǎibiàn wèilái, dàn bù néng yùzhī wèilái.
  The past can only be known, not changed. The future can only be changed, not known.

Words starting with 回顾

• 回顾展huí gù zhǎnretrospective (exhibition)
• 回顾历史huí gù lì shǐto look back at history

Where 回顾 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · huí–hùn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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