Usage of the character 還

(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families

háibùrú

还不如

[還不如]

to be better off ...
might as well ...

fǎnhuánzhànyǒu

返还占有

[返還占有]

repossession

zhèháiliǎodé

这还了得

[這還了得]

How dare you!
This is an outrage!
Absolutely disgraceful!

yǐyáhuányá

以牙还牙

[以牙還牙]

a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

huángěilǎoshī

还给老师

[還給老師]

to forget (everything one has learned)

yījǐnhuánxiāng

衣锦还乡

[衣錦還鄉]

lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom)
fig. to return home after making good
Taiwan pr. (yìjǐnhuánxiāng)

yǐyǎnhuányǎn

以眼还眼

[以眼還眼]

an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
to give sb a taste of his own medicine

huányuánzhēnxiàng

还原真相

[還原真相]

to set the record straight
to clarify the facts

nàháiyòngshuō

那还用说

[那還用説]

that goes without saying

tuìgēnghuánlín

退耕还林

[退耕還林]

restoring agricultural land to forest

jièshīhuánhún

借尸还魂

[借屍還魂]

lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise

fǎnlǎohuántóng

返老还童

[返老還童]

to recover one's youthful vigor
to feel rejuvenated (idiom)

tǎojiàhuánjià

讨价还价

[討價還價]

to haggle over price
to bargain

mǎidúhuánzhū

买椟还珠

[買櫝還珠]

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
to show poor judgment (idiom)

bǐdēngtiānháinán

比登天还难

[比登天還難]

lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
fig. extremely difficult
far from an easy task

bāzìháiméiyīpiě

八字还没一撇

[八字還沒一撇]

lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八 (bā) has been written (idiom)
fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet

hǎoxìháizàihòutou

好戏还在后头

[好戲還在後頭]

the best part of the show is yet to come
(with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come
you ain't seen nothin' yet

xìng Jiǎngháishixìng Wāng

姓蒋还是姓汪

[姓蔣還是姓汪]

friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜 ( Shājiābāng)) (蔣／蒋 ( Jiǎng) here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石／蒋介石 ( Jiǎng Jièshí) and 汪 ( Wāng) refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛／汪精卫 ( Wāng Jīngwèi))

jiāngháishìlǎodelà

姜还是老的辣

[薑還是老的辣]

ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
the older, the wiser

bāzìháiméiyīpiěr

八字还没一撇儿

[八字還沒一撇兒]

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (bā) (idiom)
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
no sign of success yet

jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén

解铃还须系铃人

[解鈴還須繫鈴人]

lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

dǎgǒuháiděikànzhǔrén

打狗还得看主人

[打狗還得看主人]

lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén

解铃还需系铃人

[解鈴還需繫鈴人]

variant of 解鈴還須繫鈴人／解铃还须系铃人 (jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén)

xuèzhàiyàoyòngxuèláihuán

血债要用血来还

[血債要用血來還]

A debt of blood must be paid in blood.
Blood calls for blood.

chūláihùnchízǎoyàohuánde

出来混迟早要还的

[出來混遲早要還的]

if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it

yǒujièyǒuhuán,zàijièbùnán

有借有还，再借不难

[有借有還，再借不難]

return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)

hǎojièhǎohuán,zàijièbùnán

好借好还，再借不难

[好借好還，再借不難]

see 有借有還，再借不難／有借有还，再借不难 (yǒujièyǒuhuán,zàijièbùnán)

yǐyǎnhuányǎn,yǐyáhuányá

以眼还眼，以牙还牙

[以眼還眼，以牙還牙]

an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
to give sb a taste of his own medicine

yǐqírénzhīdào,huánzhìqírénzhīshēn

以其人之道，还治其人之身

[以其人之道，還治其人之身]

to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹 ( Zhū Xī))
to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine