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Definitions
- 1. to go and return
- 2. to return
- 3. to resume
- 4. to return to a normal or original state
- 5. to repeat
- 6. again
- 7. to recover
- 8. to restore
- 9. to turn over
- 10. to reply
- 11. to answer
- 12. to reply to a letter
- 13. to retaliate
- 14. to carry out
- 15. to double
- 16. to overlap
- 17. complex (not simple)
- 18. compound
- 19. composite
- 20. double
- 21. diplo-
- 22. duplicate
- 23. overlapping
- 24. to duplicate
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 复
Golgi complex (in cell biology)
Han Fuju (1890-1938), Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army general and governor of Shandong, executed by Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí] after he abandoned Jinan to the Japanese
repetitive strain injury (RSI)
compound prescription (involving several medicines)
compound interest
Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
to turn back the clock
movement to restore the fatherland
rifle (loanword)
Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記|浮生六记[fú shēng liù jì]
to avenge
obidoxime chloride
(of a shop, market) to resume trading
complexity
compound leaf (botany)
(linguistics) plural
to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
to resume classes
to recover one's power or authority
to recover lost territory
tangled and complicated (idiom)
double
please answer (epistolary style)
to retaliate
to be reborn
over the years
to return to the past
to restore the Ming dynasty
rehabilitation
to reconsider
anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培
metathesis (chemistry)
repeated segment (networking)
to return
Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋[zhāng xūn] to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[pǔ yí] to the throne
carbon paper
photocopier
eighth finals
blood or family feud (idiom)
to reappear
check box
compound word such as 教室[jiào shì] or 國家|国家[guó jiā], whose meaning is related to the component hanzi, unlike compounds such as 玫瑰[méi guī]
to restore (deposed monarch, rule, system of laws, ecological system etc)
compound ratio (i.e. the product of two or more ratios)
Zoomflight Telecom (Chinese company)
Avengers (comics)
(math.) complex conjugate
student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
to complicate
Order Digenea (including trematode worms that parasite humans)
to repeat (one's own words or sb else's)
diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)
to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
complete recovery (after illness)
to rehabilitate
another visit to doctor
to come back
to return to work (after a stoppage)
semiconservative replication
compound word
Easter Island
to restore sth to its original state
bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)
to report on completion of a mission
nonword repetition test
repechage (supplementary qualifying round in sports)
to resuscitate
(math.) theory of functions of a complex variable
to demobilize
disyllabic word
recovery (after illness)
(math.) complex variable
to recur (of a disease)
convalescence
restored to one's official post
to restore; to renovate
Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
multiple track (e.g. rail)
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
diphthong
to recover health quickly; Get well soon!
computational complexity (math.)
Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
(of a public transportation route) to resume operating
to return to school (after an interruption)
to duplicate; to carbon copy
reciprocating saw
photocopy; duplicate
to come back out of retirement
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
complex conjugate number (math.)
to remarry (the same person)
to recuperate
a Zionist
to repeat
see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gù tài fù méng]
spontaneous recovery
compound phrase
replica
to reply
complex plane
flysch (loanword)
to restore (an ancient temple)
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
a new year begins (idiom)
complicated
lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
to report back (to a superior)
to return to normal
Zionism
the Renaissance
repetitive strain injury (RSI)
to reconsider
forest restoration
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
compound eye
photocopier paper
lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
diphthong
retaliatory
tautology
copy
to demobilize
moreover
the Resurrected Army (CCTV documentary series about the Terracotta army)
late Ming cultural renewal movement, led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[zhāng pǔ] and others
Fuxing district of Handan city 邯鄲市|邯郸市[hán dān shì], Hebei
second-run movie
to refute
repetition
double vision
repeatedly
to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative; to have a rebound positive test result
(after completing a game of chess) to replay the game, analyzing the players' moves
Easter
to germinate again
duplicate context
double hearing
to duplicate
consigned to eternal damnation
polymorphemic
compound word
to be advised
field of complex numbers (math.), usually denoted by C
to resume a post
day after day
to transfer again
reconstituted milk
to review
to reprint (a work that has been out of print)
anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培
repeatedly
to resume a meeting
repetitive
reduplication of words or syllables (as a stylistic device in Chinese)
no longer
to re-examine; to recheck
to reinstate
to make reprisals; to retaliate
digenetic trematode worm (i.e. from Order Digenea 複殖目|复殖目)
composite bow (archery)
compound word such as 玫瑰[méi guī] or 咖啡[kā fēi], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly
completely
Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
to resume smoking (after giving up)
(sports) semifinal or quarterfinal
function of a complex variable (math.)
Baath Party
to reply to a letter
to reopen diplomatic relations
to pacify
vindictiveness
compound final
in the extreme (idiom)
complex system
the Renaissance
unstable
Fuxing district of Handan city 邯鄲市|邯郸市[hán dān shì], Hebei
complicated
gone forever
Fuxingmen neighborhood of Beijing
Fudan University, Shanghai
backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump)
to go and come back
to answer
Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
to reply officially to a subordinate
(math.) complex plane; Argand plane
plural form (of a countable noun)
composite material
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
(of an employee) to return to one's job (e.g. after being temporarily stood down)
to restore sb or sth to its original position
Manchu Restoration of 1917, see 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[zhāng xūn fù bì]
expecting your reply (epistolary style)
to recover (lost territory etc)
to photocopy