粵

回wui4望mong6

wui4 mong6huí wàng

English

  1. to return sb's gaze; to meet sb's eyes
  2. review; to look back
  3. to look back (to one's rear)
  4. (fig.) to look back at (the past); to reflect on
  5. to look back

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 回顧,回過頭看

Examples

  • 有時我們必須回望過去,才能看清前程。

    Sometimes we need to look back to know where we are going to.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 回望過去,我感覺自己一事無成。

    Looking back on those days, I feel that I've accomplished nothing.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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