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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
unstable / erratic / changeable / fickle
annihilated / capsized
to reply (by letter, email etc) / reply; answer
lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *覆* | 覆* | *覆
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize
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. 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
to review / to reexamine / review
coverage
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
coverage
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
destruction
to inform
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
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
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
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *覆* | 覆* | *覆
variant of 復|复 / to reply to a letter
to overlap / to overlay / cascaded (thermodynamic cycle)
expecting your reply (epistolary style)
raspberry
to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
please answer (epistolary style)
fall (of an empire)
membrane covering sth / coating
(botany) convolvulvus / Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
mulch
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
to issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
anticapsizing
crime of conspiring to overthrow the state
to cover
variant of 覆疊|覆叠
variant of 複述|复述
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
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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