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复归
fù guī
Pinyin
Definition
复归
-
fù guī
to return
to come back
Character Decomposition
复
丿
一
日
夂
归
彐
Related Words
(20)
修复
xiū fù
1
to restore
2
to renovate
3
restoration
4
(computing) to fix (a bug)
反复
fǎn fù
1
variant of 反覆|反复[fǎn fù]
回复
huí fù
1
to reply
2
to recover
3
to return (to a previous condition)
4
Re: in reply to (email)
回归
huí guī
1
to return to
2
to retreat
3
regression (statistics)
复古
fù gǔ
1
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
2
to turn back the clock
3
neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
4
retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
复习
fù xí
1
to review
2
revision
3
CL:次[cì]
恢复
huī fù
1
to reinstate
2
to resume
3
to restore
4
to recover
5
to regain
6
to rehabilitate
归
Guī
1
surname Gui
一去不复返
yī qù bù fù fǎn
1
gone forever
不复
bù fù
1
no longer
2
no more
反反复复
fǎn fǎn fù fù
1
repeatedly
2
time and time again
同归于尽
tóng guī yú jìn
1
to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes
2
to take sb down with oneself
3
to end in mutual destruction
报复
bào fù
1
to make reprisals
2
to retaliate
3
revenge
4
retaliation
失而复得
shī ér fù dé
1
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
实至名归
shí zhì míng guī
1
fame follows merit (idiom)
平复
píng fù
1
to pacify
2
to calm down
3
to be cured
4
to be healed
康复
kāng fù
1
to recuperate
2
to recover (health)
3
to convalesce
往复
wǎng fù
1
to go and come back
2
to make a return trip
3
backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action)
4
to reciprocate (of machine part)
复
fù
1
to go and return
2
to return
3
to resume
4
to return to a normal or original state
5
to repeat
6
again
7
to recover
8
to restore
9
to turn over
10
to reply
11
to answer
12
to reply to a letter
13
to retaliate
14
to carry out
复仇
fù chóu
1
to avenge
2
vengeance
Idioms
(20)
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
1
a new year begins (idiom)
不醉不归
bù zuì bù guī
1
to not go home until drunk (idiom)
2
let's make a night of it!
克己复礼
kè jǐ fù lǐ
1
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
2
(any number of possible translations)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
1
lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
2
fig. to die
3
to meet one's end
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
1
to stay out all night (idiom)
失而复得
shī ér fù dé
1
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
完璧归赵
wán bì guī Zhào
1
lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
实至名归
shí zhì míng guī
1
fame follows merit (idiom)
得而复失
dé ér fù shī
1
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
改邪归正
gǎi xié guī zhèng
1
to mend one's ways (idiom)
2
to turn over a new leaf
早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
1
to leave early and return late (idiom)
归心似箭
guī xīn sì jiàn
1
with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
1
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
2
sth malevolent returns to haunt one
殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī
1
different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
水落归槽
shuǐ luò guī cáo
1
spilt water returns to the trough (idiom); fig. people remember where they belong
涓滴归公
juān dī guī gōng
1
every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
无以复加
wú yǐ fù jiā
1
in the extreme (idiom)
2
incapable of further increase
百川归海
bǎi chuān guī hǎi
1
all things tend in one direction (idiom)
终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ
1
lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
旧病复发
jiù bìng fù fā
1
old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
2
fig. to repeat an old error
3
the same old problem
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