推
翻

To overthrow in Chinese: 推翻 (tuī fān)

tuī fān

to overthrow

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to overthrow

Stroke order

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推
翻

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄟ

tuī

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄈㄢ

fān

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 人民起来推翻了旧政府。

    rén mín qǐ lái tuī fān le jiù zhèng fǔ。

    The people rose up and overthrew the old government.

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Related words

推

tuī

to push

翻

fān

to turn over

翻译

fān yì

to translate

推迟

tuī chí

to postpone

推辞

tuī cí

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

推广

tuī guǎng

to extend

推荐

tuī jiàn

to recommend

推动

tuī dòng

to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan)

推进

tuī jìn

to impel

推开

tuī kāi

to push open (a gate etc)

推销

tuī xiāo

to market

推行

tuī xíng

to put into effect

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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