回想

huí xiǎng sān nián yǐ qián tā hái shi yī gè wén máng

回想三年以前，他还是一个文盲。

I recollect that three years ago he was still illiterate.

wǒ zěn me yě huí xiǎng bù qǐ lai le

我怎么也回想不起来了。

I cannot remember that whatsoever.

nǐ yī dìng yào bǎ dàng shí de qíng kuàng huí xiǎng qǐ lai

你一定要把当时的情况回想起来。

You have got to bring to mind what happened at that time.

huí xiǎng bù qǐ lái

回想不起来

fail to recall

huí xiǎng qǐ bù shǎo wǎng shì

回想起不少往事

remember many things from the past

huí xiǎng tóng nián shí dài

回想童年时代

recall one's childhood

huí xiǎng guò qù de jǐng xiàng

回想过去的景象

think back on scenes from the past

zhè shǒu gē shǐ wǒ huí xiǎng qǐ zài zhōng guó de liú xué shēng huó

这首歌使我回想起在中国的留学生活。

The song brought back to my mind the days when I was studying in China.

tā què qiè de huà wǒ yǐ jīng huí xiǎng bù qǐ lai le

他确切的话我已经回想不起来了。

I can no longer recall his exact words.

wǒ men de jù huì lìng dà jiā huí xiǎng qǐ tóng nián shí dài

我们的聚会令大家回想起童年时代。

Our get-together refreshed the memories of our childhood.

zhè xiē zhào piàn shǐ wǒ huí xiǎng qǐ wǒ de xué shēng shí dài

这些照片使我回想起我的学生时代。

The photographs made me think back to my schooldays.

huí xiǎng guò qù duō xī wàng dàng shí wǒ méi yǒu chū guó

回想过去，多希望当时我没有出国。

Retrospectively, I wish I hadn't gone abroad.

tā nǔ lì de huí xiǎng nóng shè de bù jú

他努力地回想农舍的布局。

He tried to recall the layout of the farm house.