回头 (回頭) huítóu

1. huítóu verb to turn round; to turn one's head
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '回頭'; Guoyu '回頭')
2. huítóu adverb later
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '回頭'; Guoyu '回頭')
3. huítóu verb Turn Around
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

Contained in

• 问菩萨为何倒坐 叹众生不肯回头(問菩薩為何倒坐 嘆眾生不肯回頭) One asks why the bodhisattva is sitting backwards; He sighs about beings refusing to change direction.
• 回头是岸(回頭是岸) the shore is right before you; to repent and start afresh ; Turn Around to Salvation
• 苦海无边，回头是岸(苦海無邊，回頭是岸) The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore . Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. ; the ocean of suffering is boundless; only by turning back can one reach salvation

Also contained in

开弓没有回头箭 、 回头客 、 回头见 、 浪子回头 、 不撞南墙不回头 、 浪子回头金不换 、 好马不吃回头草 、 败子回头

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1: Another Kind of Wealth - Looking Back 卷一　另類的財富 回頭 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 2 - Intangible Value 《人間萬事2－無形的可貴》 — count: 24
• What should come First, What should come Last? 孰先孰後 Humanistic Buddhism Series 6 - Buddhist Studies and Seeking the Dharma 《人間佛教系列6－學佛與求法》 — count: 19
• The Sickness of Youth 青年之病 Humanistic Buddhism Series 4 - Buddhism and Youth 《人間佛教系列4－佛教與青年》 — count: 13
• Buddhism and Life (1) 佛教與生活（一） Humanistic Buddhism Series 3 - Buddhism and Life 《人間佛教系列3－佛教與生活》 — count: 12
• Songs 3 歌 ■之三 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 9
• Chapter 4: Social Welfare - Turning 卷四　社會福利 轉 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 6 - Where are the Future Prospects? 《人間萬事6－前途在哪裡》 — count: 5
• Turning Ourselves Around 回頭轉身 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 2 - Prescription for the Heart 《迷悟之間(二)度一切苦厄》 — count: 5
• The Human Warmth of Humanistic Buddhism - 5 人間佛教的人情味 之五 Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism 《佛教叢書10－人間佛教》 — count: 5
• From the Origin of the World to the Cessation of the World 從世界的起源到世界的還滅 Humanistic Buddhism Series 8 - Dependent Origination and Cessation 《人間佛教系列8－緣起與還滅》 — count: 5
• India 印度 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 4

Collocations

• 回头转身 (回頭轉身) 回頭轉身是開創命運的良方 — Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》, Volume 1: Encouraging Spiritual Practice through Meditation 第一冊 勵志修行證悟 — count: 19
• 回头一 (回頭一) 但當他回頭一看 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 4: Contentment is the Source of Happiness 第四講　知足為守道的根本 — count: 18
• 回头看 (回頭看) 回頭看了一眼 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 8
• 想回头 (想回頭) 幾乎都想回頭 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 13 - Dharmas without Concentration on Dharmas: The Peak of Life 星雲日記13～法無定法 人生之最(1991/10/1~10/15) — count: 6
• 懂得回头 (懂得回頭) 要懂得回頭 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 6
• 要回头 (要回頭) 要回頭 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 6
• 能回头 (能回頭) 所以大家有時要能回頭 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 5
• 永不回头 (永不回頭) 永不回頭 — Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》, Volume 2: Encouraging Dilligence in Develop of Sincerity and Good Moral Character 第二冊 勵志敦品警惕 — count: 4
• 不知回头 (不知回頭) 不知回頭 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Difficulties and Benefits 1: Seven Difficulties 冥　益 一．七難 — count: 4
• 回头就是 (回頭就是) 回頭就是向前 — Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 2 - Intangible Value 《人間萬事2－無形的可貴》, Scroll 1: Another Kind of Wealth - Looking Back 卷一　另類的財富 回頭 — count: 3