覆
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to cover; to overflow; to overturn; to capsize
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How 覆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
覀 (semantic, “cover”) + 復 (phonetic)
components: 覀 復
How to remember it
overturn · Heisig RSH #2616
Old West + queue + double back
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 覆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前车之覆，后车之鉴 | qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn | lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesso… |
| 翻手为云覆手变雨 | fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ | lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns t… |
| 覆水难收 | fù shuǐ nán shōu | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom); it's no use crying over spilt milk; what's d… |
| 天翻地覆 | tiān fān dì fù | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned … |
| 翻天覆地 | fān tiān fù dì | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned … |
| 全军覆没 | quán jūn fù mò | total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout |
| 翻来覆去 | fān lái fù qù | to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again |
| 颠覆国家罪 | diān fù guó jiā zuì | 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[shan1 dong4 dian1 … |
| 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 o… |
| 覆盖面 | fù gài miàn | coverage |
| 旋覆花 | xuán fù huā | (botany) convolvulvus; Flos Inulae (Chinese herb) |
| 覆盖物 | fù gài wù | mulch |
| 颠覆分子 | diān fù fèn zǐ | a subversive; a saboteur |
| 上覆 | shàng fù | to inform |
| 覆巢之下无完卵 | fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn | lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom); fig. when one falls in disgrace… |
| 煽动颠覆国家政权 | shān dòng diān fù guó jiā zhèng quán | incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech) |
| 阴谋颠覆政府罪 | yīn móu diān fù zhèng fǔ zuì | the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government |
| 回覆 | huí fù | to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer |
| 覆盖率 | fù gài lǜ | coverage |
| 覆盆子 | fù pén zǐ | raspberry |