surname Gui

to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)

(idiom) homeless

in any case; anyhow; after all

to return empty-handed; to fail to win anything

in the end; ultimately; after all

guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc); a home away from home

(of ownership, custody etc) to be transferred to; to revert to; (medicine) clinical outcome; to reclassify (e.g. from asymptomatic carrier to confirmed case)

lit. to return east; fig. to return to one's homeland

abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)

(literary) (of a girl) to marry

to incorporate; to put under (external administration)

to return; to come back

Angelica sinensis

to return late; to come home late

sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]); to return to China after a period of study or work overseas

see 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4]

to return home with honor

recursion; recursive (calculation); recurrence

(botany) lovage; Levisticum officinale

lit. to not go home until drunk (idiom); fig. let's make a night of it!

to fail to return a borrowed item

(idiom) to enjoy popular support; to receive general approval

same road out, different ones back

fame follows merit (idiom)

to leave early and return late (idiom)

different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end

(idiom) to return from a rewarding journey

linear regression (statistics)

(idiom) to lose everything one invested; to lose one's shirt

to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory

to view death as a return home; to not be afraid of dying; to face death with equanimity (idiom)

responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)

(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions

see 駕鶴西去|驾鹤西去[jia4 he4 xi1 qu4]

avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)