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HSK
variant of 重複|重复
HSK 2
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
to answer / to reply / Reply to: (in email header)
HSK 5
to cover
HSK 7-9
to topple (i.e. knock over) / to capsize / fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion) / to undermine / to subvert
HSK 7-9
to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again
HSK 7-9
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *覆* | 覆* | *覆
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize
lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
destruction
to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love
the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
to capsize / to collapse / to overturn / to overthrow / to undermine
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting
raspberry
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *复* | 复* | *复
variant of 復|复 / to reply to a letter
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
fall (of an empire)
unstable / erratic / changeable / fickle
annihilated / capsized
to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down / to change completely
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
variant of 複述|复述
to reply / to recover / variant of 回復|回复
expecting your reply (epistolary style)
to review / to reexamine / review
variant of 覆疊|覆叠
to give an official response
coverage
crime of incitement to overthrow the state / abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权
to inform
anticapsizing
(botany) convolvulvus / Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged
incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
crime of conspiring to overthrow the state
please answer (epistolary style)
lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
mulch
to cover
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
to overlap / to overlay / cascaded (thermodynamic cycle)
membrane covering sth / coating
coverage
to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
repetitive
the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
wrecker; saboteur
crime of incitement to overthrow the state / abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权
crime of incitement to overthrow the state / abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权


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