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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 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
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *覆* | 覆* | *覆
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize
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
to capsize / to collapse / to overturn / to overthrow / to undermine
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
raspberry
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *复* | 复* | *复
variant of 復|复 / to reply to a letter
destruction
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
unstable / erratic / changeable / fickle
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down / to change completely
annihilated / capsized
fall (of an empire)
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 (by letter, email etc) / reply; answer
to inform
repetitive
variant of 覆疊|覆叠
expecting your reply (epistolary style)
incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
to review / to reexamine / review
anticapsizing
to cover
mulch
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
to issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
(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
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)
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
coverage
the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
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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