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Keyword
to cover
  • to overturn
  • to repeat
  • to reply
Frequency
#1528
Strokes
18
Readings
fù100%
Mnemonic
覀 (cover) gives the meaning and 復 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
颠覆diānfù
to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert
回覆huífù
to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer
覆fù
to cover; to overflow; to overturn; to capsize
翻天覆地fāntiānfùdì
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
覆灭fùmiè
destruction
重蹈覆辙chóngdǎofùzhé
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
覆辙fùzhé
the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
翻覆fānfù
to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down; to change completely
天翻地覆tiānfāndìfù
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
倾覆qīngfù
to capsize; to collapse; to overturn; to overthrow; to undermine
全军覆没quánjūnfùmò
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
翻来覆去fānláifùqù
to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
覆亡fùwáng
fall (of an empire)
翻云覆雨fānyúnfùyǔ
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
覆水难收fùshuǐnánshōu
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
覆没fùmò
annihilated; capsized
覆核fùhé
to review; to reexamine; review
覆膜fùmó
membrane covering sth; coating
旋覆花xuánfùhuā
(botany) convolvulvus; Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)