覆
Meanings
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- 1.to cover
- 2.to overflow
- 3.to overturn
- 4.to capsize
- 1.variant of 复[fù]
- 2.to reply to a letter
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Wiktionary
- 1.to cover
- 2.to tip over; to overturn; to flip over
- 3.to pour out
- 4.to return (simplifies to 复)
- 5.to reply (simplifies to 复)
- 6.to destroy; to overturn; to perish
- 7.again
- 8.to lie on one's stomach; to rest one's body on a surface
- 9.to press close to; to nestle up against
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ): semantic 襾 + phonetic 復 (OC *buɡs, *buɡ).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
覆水難收。
There's no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
What's done can't be undone.
覆水難收。
What is done cannot be undone.
覆水難收。
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
The damage is done.
這座山被雪所覆蓋。
That mountain is covered with snow.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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