吃回頭草

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Chinese

eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
to turn round; to turn one's head back; to repent
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
trad. (吃回頭草) 回頭
simp. (吃回头草) 回头

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吃回頭草

  1. (figurative, idiomatic) to dwell on past actions; to backtrack