报
复

To make reprisals in Chinese: 报复 (bào fù)

bào fù

to make reprisals

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 報復1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to make reprisals; to retaliate
  2. 2revenge; retaliation

Stroke order

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报
复

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ㄅㄠˋ

bào

ㄅ/ bㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄈㄨˋ

fù

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

报复

Simplified

報復

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 受到伤害后，他一心想要报复。

    shòu dào shāng hài hòu， tā yì xīn xiǎng yào bào fù。

    After being hurt, he was set on retaliating.

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Related words

报

bào

to announce

报纸

bào zhǐ

newspaper

复习

fù xí

to review

报道

bào dào

to report (news)

报名

bào míng

to sign up

复印

fù yìn

to photocopy

复杂

fù zá

complicated

报告

bào gào

to inform

反复

fǎn fù

repeatedly

复制

fù zhì

to duplicate

恢复

huī fù

to reinstate

预报

yù bào

forecast

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