覆: to cover

復 [复] fù

: to go and return; to return; to return to a normal or original state
: to resume
: to repeat; again
: to recover; to restore
: to turn over
: to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter
: to retaliate; to carry out

覆 [复] fù

: to cover
: to overflow
: to overturn; to capsize
: variant of 復; to reply to a letter

複 [复] fù

: to repeat; to double; to overlap
: complex (not simple); compound; composite
: double
: diplo-
: duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

Kun Reading

覆う | おおう oou

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
:to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

覆い | おおい ooi

noun
: cover; mantle; shroud; hood

覆われ | おおわれ ooware

noun | no-adjective
: cover (e.g. of snow, trees, etc.)

覆す | くつがえす kutsugaesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to overturn; to upset; to overthrow; to undermine

覆る | くつがえる kutsugaeru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize
: to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

覆蓋[盖] fu4gai4: to cover

覆亡 fu4wang2: fall (of an empire)

覆核 fu4he2: to review; to reexamine; review

覆沒[没] fu4mo4: annihilated; capsized [覆没 | ふくぼつ fukubotsu: capsizing and sinking]

覆滅[灭] fu4mie4: destruction [覆滅 | ふくめつ fukumetsu: ruination]

反覆[复] fan3fu4: repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
[反覆 | はんぷく hanpuku: repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation]

答覆[复] da2fu4: to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)

顛[颠]覆 dian1fu4: to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert
[顛覆 | てんぷく tenpuku: capsizing; overturn; turning over; upset;
: overthrow (e.g. a government)]

上覆 shang4fu4: to inform [上覆 | うわおおい uwaooi: cover; covering]

傾[倾]覆 qi1ng1fu4: to capsize; to collapse; to overturn; to overthrow; to undermine [傾覆 | けいふく keifuku: turning upside down]

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
*翻雲覆雨 | ほんうんふくう honun fukuu
: (yoji) fickle friendship

目を覆う | めをおおう me o oou
: to avert one’s eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one’s eyes

覆水盆に帰らず OR 覆水盆に返らず | ふくすいぼんにかえらず fuku suibon ni kaerazu
: what’s done is done (lit: spilt water won’t go back into its tray). It’s water under the bridge. No use crying over spilled milk

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
覆水難收 [覆水难收] fu4 shui3 nan2 shou1
: spilled water is difficult to retrieve. No use crying over spilled milk; what’s done is done and can’t be reversed; the damage is done; once divorced, there’s no reuniting

天翻地覆 tian1 fan1 di4 fu4
OR
翻天覆地 fan1 tian1 fu4 di4
: sky and the earth turning upside down; fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head

全軍覆沒 [全军覆没] quan2 jun1 fu4 mo4
: total defeat of an army; fig. a complete wipe-out

翻來覆去 [翻来覆去] fan1 lai2 fu4 qu4
: to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again

*翻雲覆雨 [翻云覆雨]/ fan1 yun2 fu4 yu3
: to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another; fig. to shift one’s ground; tricky and inconstant; to make love

載舟覆舟 [载舟覆舟] zai4 zhou1 fu4 zhou1
: to carry a boat or to overturn a boat; fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.

覆巢無完卵 [覆巢无完卵] fu4 chao2 wu2 wan2 luan3
: lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact; no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster

前車之覆，後車之鑒 [前车之覆，后车之鉴] qian2 che1 zhi1 fu4 , hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4
: lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one’s predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy

翻手為雲覆手變雨 [翻手为云覆手变雨] fan1 shou3 wei2 yun2 fu4 shou3 bian4 yu3
: lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain; very powerful and capable

覆巢之下無完卵
覆巢之下无完卵
see styles Mandarin fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn / fu4 chao2 zhi1 xia4 wu2 wan2 luan3
Taiwan fu ch`ao chih hsia wu wan luan / fu chao chih hsia wu wan luan Chinese lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom); fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
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