严复
Yán Fù
Pinyin

Definition

严复
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Yán Fù
  1. Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

修复
xiū fù
  1. 1 to restore
  2. 2 to renovate
  3. 3 restoration
  4. 4 (computing) to fix (a bug)
严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
回复
huí fù
  1. 1 to reply
  2. 2 to recover
  3. 3 to return (to a previous condition)
  4. 4 Re: in reply to (email)
复古
fù gǔ
  1. 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
  2. 2 to turn back the clock
  3. 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
  4. 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
复习
fù xí
  1. 1 to review
  2. 2 revision
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
恢复
huī fù
  1. 1 to reinstate
  2. 2 to resume
  3. 3 to restore
  4. 4 to recover
  5. 5 to regain
  6. 6 to rehabilitate
不复
bù fù
  1. 1 no longer
  2. 2 no more
反反复复
fǎn fǎn fù fù
  1. 1 repeatedly
  2. 2 time and time again
反复
fǎn fù
  1. 1 variant of 反覆|反复[fǎn fù]
严
Yán
  1. 1 surname Yan
严厉
yán lì
  1. 1 severe
  2. 2 strict
严寒
yán hán
  1. 1 bitter cold
  2. 2 severe winter
严峻
yán jùn
  1. 1 grim
  2. 2 severe
  3. 3 rigorous
严查
yán chá
  1. 1 to investigate strictly
严格
yán gé
  1. 1 strict
  2. 2 stringent
  3. 3 tight
  4. 4 rigorous
严禁
yán jìn
  1. 1 to strictly prohibit
严肃
yán sù
  1. 1 solemn
  2. 2 grave
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 earnest
  5. 5 severe
严谨
yán jǐn
  1. 1 rigorous
  2. 2 strict
  3. 3 careful
  4. 4 cautious
  5. 5 compact
  6. 6 well-knit
报复
bào fù
  1. 1 to make reprisals
  2. 2 to retaliate
  3. 3 revenge
  4. 4 retaliation
失而复得
shī ér fù dé
  1. 1 to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)

Idioms (18)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
克己复礼
kè jǐ fù lǐ
  1. 1 restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
  2. 2 (any number of possible translations)
严以律己
yǎn yǐ lu:4 jǐ
  1. 1 to be strict with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to demand a lot of oneself
严以责己宽以待人
yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén
  1. 1 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
严惩不贷
yán chéng bù dài
  1. 1 to punish severely (idiom)
严丝合缝
yán sī hé fèng
  1. 1 to fit tightly (idiom)
  2. 2 to join seamlessly
  3. 3 to fit snugly
失而复得
shī ér fù dé
  1. 1 to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
得而复失
dé ér fù shī
  1. 1 to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
从严惩处
cóng yán chéng chǔ
  1. 1 to deal with sb severely (idiom)
从难从严
cóng nán cóng yán
  1. 1 demanding and strict (idiom)
  2. 2 exacting
死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
无以复加
wú yǐ fù jiā
  1. 1 in the extreme (idiom)
  2. 2 incapable of further increase
终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
  1. 1 to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
旧病复发
jiù bìng fù fā
  1. 1 old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
  2. 2 fig. to repeat an old error
  3. 3 the same old problem
色厉词严
sè lì cí yán
  1. 1 severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
血亲复仇
xuè qīn fù chóu
  1. 1 blood or family feud (idiom)
周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
  2. 2 the wheel comes full circle

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