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一步一回头

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Collocation

1
一步一回头地……
2
做到一步一回头
3
总是一步一回头

Definition

一步一回头:

Literally means:

turn over one's shoulders at each step

Actually means:

be reluctant to leave

It implies that one is so attached to his family, friends, or a place that he is reluctant to leave or part from them.

It also means constantly looking back on one's past experiences so as to rehabilitate any possible problems.

向前走一步,回头看一看后面。

形容对亲人,对朋友,或对有感情的地方非常留恋,舍不得离开。

也指经常回顾做过的事情,以便发现问题,加以纠正。

Example

Used as object, predicate or adverbial adjunct. (作宾语、谓语、状语)
1
Měi
每次
chūguó
出国
  
,
zǒngshì
总是
huítóu
回头
  
,
rěnxīn
忍心
kāi
离开
niánlǎo
年老
de
父母
  
,
jǐnguǎn
尽管
fēn
分离
dōu
shì
duǎnzàn
短暂
de
  

Every time he went abroad, he always looked back step by step, unable to bear to leave his elderly parents, although the separation is short-lived.

2
Zhè
chūguó
出国
shū
读书
yào
sān
nián
  
,
jiāojiāo
娇娇
kāi
离开
jiārén
家人
以及
shēnghuó
生活
le
kuài
èrshí
二十
nián
de
xiāng
故乡
shí
huítóu
回头
  

This time to study abroad for three years, petite left her family and lived nearly twenty years of hometown when step by step back.

3
Wèile
为了
chá
普查
gōngzuò
工作
néng
zhēnshí
真实
fǎnyìng
反映
shí
实际
qíngkuàng
情况
  
,
duì
měi
每个
jiēduàn
阶段
de
gōngzuò
工作
dōu
huítóu
回头地
rènzhēn
认真
jiǎnchá
检查
  
,
duì
shù
数字
jìnxíng
进行
shí
核实
  

In order for the census to be a true reflection of the actual situation, he went back and forth at each stage of the work to check the figures.