还

surname Huan

still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

to pay back / to return

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to walk (side part of split character)

to repay / to reimburse

to return sth / to revert

a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

to return sth / to hand back

to return with thanks / to give back (honorific)

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet

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

to return

see 有借有還，再借不難|有借有还，再借不难[you3 jie4 you3 huan2 , zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2]

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

friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[Sha1 jia1 bang1]) (蔣|蒋[Jiang3] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] and 汪[Wang1] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫[Wang1 Jing1 wei4])

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

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

to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine

lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet

to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine

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

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

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