复 fù

return; repeat; repeatedly

HSK 3 #426

DEFINITIONS

  • return
  • repeat
  • repeatedly
  • to go and return
  • to return
  • to resume
  • to return to a normal or original state
  • to repeat
  • again
  • to recover
  • to restore
  • to turn over
  • to reply
  • to answer
  • to reply to a letter
  • to retaliate
  • to carry out
  • to double
  • to overlap
  • complex (not simple)
  • compound
  • composite
  • double
  • diplo-
  • duplicate
  • overlapping
  • to duplicate
  • variant of 復|复[fu4]
  • to cover
  • to overflow
  • to overturn
  • to capsize

STROKES

WORDS

万劫不复 wàn jié bù fù consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve
失而复得 shī ér fù dé to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
复审 fù shěn to review a judicial case; to reexamine
繁复 fán fù complicated
复核 fù hé to reconsider; to reexamine; to review (e.g. a report prior to accepting it)
复印纸 fù yìn zhǐ photocopier paper
周而复始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles; the wheel comes full circle
重复性 chóng fù xìng repetitive
收复 shōu fù to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture
死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence; sth malevolent returns to haunt one
无以复加 wú yǐ fù jiā in the extreme (idiom); incapable of further increase
往复 wǎng fù to go and come back; to make a return trip; backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action); to reciprocate (of machine part)
复兴党 fù xīng dǎng Baath Party
复读 fù dú to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school; (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning)
光复 guāng fù Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], east Taiwan; to recover (territory or power); the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
复式 fù shì double; multiple; compound; combined; double-entry (accounting)
复学 fù xué to return to school (after an interruption); to resume one's studies
复活节岛 fù huó jié dǎo Easter Island
复方 fù fāng compound prescription (involving several medicines)
故态复萌 gù tài fù méng to revert to old ways
复试 fù shì to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
来复线 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
复工 fù gōng to return to work (after stoppage)
复会 fù huì to resume a meeting
复归 fù guī to return; to come back
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