扳回一城

to recover some lost ground (in a competition)

to pull / to turn (sth) around / to turn around (a situation) / to recoup

variant of 攀[pan1]

to pull back / to regain (one's dignity etc) / to recover from (an adverse situation) / to turn the tables

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

to curve / to return / to revolve

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]