Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 覆

to cover
to overflow
to overturn
to capsize

variant of 復／复 (fù)
to reply to a letter

destruction

to capsize
to collapse
to overturn
to overthrow
to undermine

to topple (i.e. knock over)
to capsize
fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion)
to undermine
to subvert

to give an official response

expecting your reply (epistolary style)

to reply
to recover
variant of 回復／回复 (huífù)

please answer (epistolary style)

the tracks of a cart that overturned
(fig.) a path that led to failure in the past

repeatedly
over and over
to upend
unstable
to come and go
(of an illness) to return

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

variant of 覆疊／覆叠 (fùdié)

variant of 複述／复述 (fùshù)

membrane covering sth
coating

to overlap
to overlay
cascaded (thermodynamic cycle)

annihilated
capsized

to inform

variant of 重複／重复 (chóngfù)

to cover

to review
to reexamine
review

to answer
to reply
Reply to: (in email header)

fall (of an empire)

to cover

repetitive

coverage

raspberry

crime of incitement to overthrow the state
abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權／煽动颠覆国家政权 (shāndòngdiānfùguójiāzhèngquán)

coverage

(botany) convolvulvus
Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)

anticapsizing

diānfùfènzǐ

wrecker; saboteur

to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
again and again

tiānfāndìfù

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
everything turned on its head

fāntiānfùdì

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
everything turned on its head

quánjūnfùmò

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

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

fǎnfùwúcháng

unstable
erratic
changeable
fickle

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

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

zàizhōufùzhōu

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

diānfùzhèngfǔzuì

颠覆政府罪

[顛覆政府罪]

crime of incitement to overthrow the state
abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權／煽动颠覆国家政权 (shāndòngdiānfùguójiāzhèngquán)

fǔzhífùgàiwù

腐殖覆盖物

[腐殖覆蓋物]

mulch

diānfùguójiāzuì

颠覆国家罪

[顛覆國家罪]

crime of incitement to overthrow the state
abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權／煽动颠覆国家政权 (shāndòngdiānfùguójiāzhèngquán)

fùcháowúwánluǎn

覆巢无完卵

[覆巢無完卵]

lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)

shāndòngdiānfùguójiāzuì

煽动颠覆国家罪

[煽動顛覆國家罪]

crime of conspiring to overthrow the state

yīnmóudiānfùzhèngfǔzuì

阴谋颠覆政府罪

[陰謀顛覆政府罪]

the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government

fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn

覆巢之下无完卵

[覆巢之下無完卵]

lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed

shāndòngdiānfùguójiāzhèngquán

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)

fānshǒuwéiyúnfùshǒubiànyǔ

翻手为云覆手变雨

[翻手為雲覆手變雨]

lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
very powerful and capable (idiom)

qiánchēzhīfù,hòuchēzhījiàn

前车之覆，后车之鉴

[前車之覆，後車之鑒]

lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
learn from past mistake
once bitten twice shy

shuǐnéngzàizhōu,yìnéngfùzhōu

水能载舟，亦能覆舟

[水能載舟，亦能覆舟]

lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)
fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it
if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm
things can be double-edged