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Trad. 返崗
- to resume one's former position (after being laid off)
- to return to work (after taking leave)
- (of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)
Trad. 返還
- restitution
- return of something to its original owner
- remittance
- in-ear monitor (abbr. for 耳機返聽系統|耳机返听系统[er3 ji1 fan3 ting1 xi4 tong3]) (contrasted with 地返[di4 fan3])
Trad. 返銷糧
- grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage
Trad. 無功而返
- to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
Trad. 返券黃牛
- "shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others for a profit
Trad. 返璞歸真
- to return to one's true self
- to regain the natural state
Trad. 返老還童
- to recover one's youthful vigor
- to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
- final radiance of setting sun
- fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
- to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)
Trad. 流連忘返
- to linger
- to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
- to get back on the right path
- to mend one's ways
Trad. 歸真返璞
- see 返璞歸真|返璞归真[fan3 pu2 gui1 zhen1]
Trad. 積重難返
- ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard