fù

覆 (fù) is a Chinese word meaning “to cover; to overflow; to overturn”.

Meanings

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

Related words

覆盖to cover颠覆to topple (i.e. knock over)重蹈覆辙lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)天翻地覆sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion翻天覆地sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion翻来覆去to toss and turn (sleeplessly)翻云覆雨to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground覆辙the tracks of a cart that overturned全军覆没total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout覆灭destruction倾覆to capsize覆盖面coverage

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