回过头来

Traditional form:

回過頭來

Pinyin (reading):

huíguòtóulái

Definitions:

• to turn one's head; to turn around
• (fig.) to return (to a previous point); to come back (to what one was saying before)
• (fig.) to look back (in time); to reflect on the past

Characters:

• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on