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返 is a phono-semantic compound combining the movement radical 辶 (chuò, 'walk') with 反 (fǎn, 'opposite; to turn back'), which provides the pronunciation fǎn and suggests the idea of going in reverse. The combination 'walk backwards' gives the meaning 'to return', to go back to a place or revert to a prior state. It later extended to abstract returns, though physical turning back remains the core sense.
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我明天返回学校。
他往返于北京和上海。
我的返程机票已经订好了。
这个产品需要返工。
请返还我的书籍。
公司返聘他作为顾问。
经过修改，方案得以返工。
在多次往返后，他们达成了协议。
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