覆 fù

1. fù verb to cover
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '覆'; Kroll 2015 '覆' 1, p. 124; Unihan '覆'; XHZD '覆' 1, p. 210)
2. fù verb to reply [to a letter]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 复 (CC-CEDICT '覆'; Guoyu '覆' v 3; Kroll 2015 '覆' 5, p. 124; Unihan '覆'; XHZD '覆' 3, p. 210)
3. fù verb to overturn; to capsize
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 翻倒 (CC-CEDICT '覆'; Guoyu '覆' v 1; Kroll 2015 '覆' 6, p. 124; Unihan '覆'; XHZD '覆' 2, p. 210)
4. fù adjective layered
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '覆' 1a, p. 124)
5. fù verb to ruin; to destroy; to overwhelm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 毁灭 (Guoyu '覆' v 3; Kroll 2015 '覆' 2a, p. 124)
6. fù verb to hide
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 遮盖 (Guoyu '覆' v 6; Kroll 2015 '覆' 3, p. 124)
7. fù verb to scrutinize
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 详察 (Guoyu '覆' v 5; Kroll 2015 '覆' 4, p. 124)
8. fù adverb to the contrary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '覆' 5, p. 124)
9. fù adverb again
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 再 (Guoyu '覆' adv; Kroll 2015 '覆' 7, p. 124)
10. fù adverb to reverse; to return
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 反转 (Guoyu '覆' v 2)
11. fù verb to ambush
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 埋伏 (Guoyu '覆' v 7)

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• 覆斗顶(覆斗頂) a dome shaped ceiling
• 翻天覆地 world-shaking
• 翻覆 to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down; to change completely
• 正式答覆 a formal response
• 颠覆活动(顛覆活動) subversion
• 覆蔽 to cover
• 蒙覆 to cover
• 覆车之戒(覆車之戒) warning from an overturned carriage; lesson from a failed predecessor
• 旋覆花 convolvulvus; Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
• 阴谋颠覆政府罪(陰謀顛覆政府罪) the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
• 番来覆去(番來覆去) to toss and turn; be restless; not able to sleep
• 覆辙(覆轍) disastrous policy
• 水能载舟，亦能覆舟(水能載舟，亦能覆舟) water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it; the people can support a regime or overturn it; if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm
• 批覆 to give an official response
• 覆盆子 raspberry
• 覆斗 an arch; a dome
• 覆盖面(覆蓋面) coverage
• 载舟覆舟(載舟覆舟) to carry a boat or to overturn a boat; The people can support a regime or overturn it.
• 覆核 to review; to reexamine; review
• 颠覆分子(顛覆份子) wrecker; saboteur
• 前车之覆，后车之鉴(前車之覆，後車之鑒) the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart; draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake
• 覆水难收(覆水難收) spilt water is difficult to retrieve; it's no use crying over spilt milk; what's done is done and can't be reversed; the damage is done
• 覆盖率(覆蓋率) coverage
• 覆巢无完卵(覆巢無完卵) when the nest overturns no egg remains intact; no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster
• 覆巢之下无完卵(覆巢之下無完卵) when the nest is upset no egg is left intact; when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
• 覆灭(覆滅) to destroy
• 倾覆(傾覆) to capsize; to collapse; to overturn; to overthrow
• 地覆天翻 turn over earth and heaven; monumental change
• 覆车之鉴(覆車之鑒) warning from an overturned carriage; lesson from a failed predecessor
• 翻手为云覆手变雨(翻手為雲覆手變雨) turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
• 颠覆罪(顛覆罪) crime of incitement to overthrow the state
• 天翻地覆 turn over heaven and earth; monumental change
• 覆军杀将(覆軍殺將) to defeat an army and kill its commander
• 翻云覆雨(翻雲覆雨) to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another; to shift one's ground; tricky and inconstant
• 腐殖覆盖物(腐殖覆蓋物) mulch
• 颠覆国家罪(顛覆國家罪) crime of incitement to overthrow the state
• 被覆 to cover; to hide
• 颠覆(顛覆) to topple; to capsize; to overturn; to undermine; to subvert
• 颠覆政府罪(顛覆政府罪) crime of incitement to overthrow the state
• 重蹈覆辙(重蹈覆轍) to follow the track of an overturned cart; to repeat a disastrous policy
• 遮覆 to conceal
• 覆膜 membrane covering; coating
• 覆没(覆沒) to annihilate; to sink
• 反覆 repeatedly ; changeable; impermanent ; to have a relapse
• 回覆 to reply
• 煽动颠覆国家罪(煽動顛覆國家罪) crime of conspiring to overthrow the state
• 煽动颠覆国家政权(煽動顛覆國家政權) incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
• 抗倾覆(抗傾覆) anticapsizing
• 覆亡 fall (of an empire)
• 翻来覆去(翻來覆去) to toss and turn; be restless; not able to sleep ; again and again ; many changes

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• 卷一百六十三 志第一百十六 職官三 Volume 163 Treatises 116: Offical Posts 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 23
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Collocations

• 覆手 (覆手) 君未覆手 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 6
• 覆载 (覆載) 覆載萬民而兼有之 — Guanzi 管子, 版法解第六十六 Chapter 66: Ban Fa Jie — count: 5
• 覆军 (覆軍) 吾攻國覆軍 — Mozi 墨子, 卷七 天志下 Book 7 - Will of Heaven III — count: 4
• 覆万物 (覆萬物) 乃千人之長也其直如矢其平如砥不足以覆萬物是故溪陝者速涸逝淺者速竭墝埆者其地不育王者淳澤不出宮中則不能流國矣 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 親士 Book 1 - Make Close the Scholars — count: 4
• 覆屋 (覆屋) 生棟覆屋 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 4
• 覆天下 (覆天下) 繼之以不忍人之政而仁覆天下矣 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁上 Li Lou I — count: 4
• 覆育 (覆育) 煦嫗覆育萬物 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 4
• 覆巢 (覆巢) 不覆巢 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 4
• 天覆 (天覆) 天覆萬物 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation — count: 4
• 覆舟 (覆舟) 命舟牧覆舟 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3