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Meaning of 覆

Pinyin fù

Radical

覀

Strokes

Definition

to cover / to overflow / to reply to a letter / to overturn / to capsize

Usage

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覆 [fù] 1. To cover; to conceal. Examples: 覆盖 (to cover), 覆溺 (to drown), 覆蔽 (to obscure), 覆被 (to cover, metaphorically referencing protection from grace), 覆庇 (to shelter). 2. To overturn; to topple, to defeat, to destroy. Examples: 覆舟 (overturned boat), 颠覆 (to overturn), 覆灭 (to eradicate), 覆辙 (the path of a turned-over cart, metaphorically referencing past failures), 覆没 (to submerge), 覆水难收 (spilled water cannot be regained), 覆巢无完卵 (a metaphor for total destruction, with no survivors), 前车之覆，后车之鉴 (the overturned previous vehicle serves as a warning for the next). 3. Same as "复" (to return). 覆 [fù] (verb) Base Meaning: to flip; to topple. Character Formation: Phonetic and semantic; covering, recovery sound. 1. Same as base meaning (capsize; overturn). 2. To cover; to conceal (cover). 3. To overthrow; to perish (destroy). 4. To protect; to shelter (protect; shelter). 5. To ambush; to assault (ambush; assault). 6. To inspect; to verify (investigate; check). 7. To reply; to respond (reply). 8. Same as "孵" (to incubate; to hatch). 9. Same as "复" (to return). 覆 [fù] (adverb) Again; repeatedly (again). Examples: 覆校 (to recheck; proofread), 覆检 (to check again), 覆考 (to check again), 覆奏 (to report again to superiors), 覆按 (to re-examine), 覆讯 (to inquire again), 覆试 (to test again after the initial trial).

覆函 fù hán

批覆 pī fù

to give an official response

倾覆 qīng fù

to capsize / to collapse / to overturn / to overthrow / to undermine

全军覆没 quán jūn fù mò

total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout

覆灭 fù miè

destruction

覆盖率 fù gài lǜ

coverage

覆盖 fù gài

to cover

覆盖面 fù gài miàn

coverage

翻来覆去 fān lái fù qù

to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again

天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head

翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head

颠覆 diān fù

to topple (i.e. knock over) / to capsize / fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion) / to undermine / to subvert

覆亡 fù wáng

fall (of an empire)

覆辙 fù zhé

disastrous policy

覆没 fù mò

annihilated / capsized

全军覆灭 quán jūn fù miè

Annihilation

重蹈覆辙 chóng dǎo fù zhé

to follow the track of an overturned cart / to repeat a disastrous policy

被覆 bèi fù

coat / superposition / superimposition

覆盖度 fù gài dù

cover degree / degree of coverage

翻云覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ

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