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Definitions

  1. 1. to cover
  2. 2. to overflow
  3. 3. to overturn
  4. 4. to capsize

Example Sentences

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湯姆沒回 瑪麗。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5965720)

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Words Containing 覆

倾覆
qīng fù

to capsize

颠覆
diān fù

to topple (i.e. knock over)

阴谋颠覆政府罪
yīn móu diān fù zhèng fǔ zuì

the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government

旋覆花
xuán fù huā

(botany) convolvulvus

蒙覆
méng fù

to cover

颠覆政府罪
diān fù zhèng fǔ zuì

crime of incitement to overthrow the state

覆膜
fù mó

membrane covering sth

上覆
shàng fù

to inform

批覆
pī fù

to give an official response

覆盖率
fù gài lǜ

coverage

覆盆子
fù pén zǐ

raspberry

覆核
fù hé

to review

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)

水能载舟,亦能覆舟
shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu

lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)

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)

覆没
fù mò

annihilated

煽动颠覆国家罪
shān dòng diān fù guó jiā zuì

crime of conspiring to overthrow the state

覆盖
fù gài

to cover

覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu

spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)

抗倾覆
kàng qīng fù

anticapsizing

颠覆国家罪
diān fù guó jiā zuì

crime of incitement to overthrow the state

重蹈覆辙
chóng dǎo fù zhé

lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)

覆亡
fù wáng

fall (of an empire)

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 lesson from the failure of one's predecessor

全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò

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

覆辙
fù zhé

the tracks of a cart that overturned

覆盖面
fù gài miàn

coverage

覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn

lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact

翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion

覆灭
fù miè

destruction

腐殖覆盖物
fǔ zhí fù gài wù

mulch

载舟覆舟
zài zhōu fù zhōu

to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.

翻覆
fān fù

to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down

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

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 them to rain

翻来覆去
fān lái fù qù

to toss and turn (sleeplessly)

颠覆分子
diān fù fèn zǐ

wrecker; saboteur

天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion

颠覆罪
diān fù zuì

crime of incitement to overthrow the state

覆叠
fù dié

to overlap