Definition
覆 is a literary verb meaning 'to cover', 'to overturn', or 'to overthrow'. In modern Chinese it is rarely used alone; you'll find it in compounds like 覆盖 (to cover), 颠覆 (to overturn/topple), and 覆灭 (to be annihilated). It also appears in the idiom 覆水难收 (spilt water cannot be gathered up).
v.
to coverto overturnto overthrow
Examples
- 。Dàxuě fù gài le zhěng zuò chéngshì.Heavy snow covered the entire city.
- ，。chuán qīngfù le, suǒyǒu rén dōu luòshuǐ le.The boat capsized, and everyone fell into the water.
- ，。tāmen diānfù le jiù zhìdù, jiànlì le xīn guójiā.They overthrew the old system and established a new country.
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