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To recover (lost territory etc) in Chinese: 收复 (shōu fù)

shōu fù

to recover (lost territory etc)

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

Definitions

  1. 1to recover (lost territory etc)
  2. 2to recapture

Stroke order

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ㄕㄡ

shōu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ou—/ first tone

ㄈㄨˋ

fù

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

收复

Simplified

收復

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 军队很快就收复了那座城市。

    jūn duì hěn kuài jiù shōu fù le nà zuò chéng shì。

    The army soon recovered that city.

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Related words

收

shōu

to receive

复习

fù xí

to review

复印

fù yìn

to photocopy

复杂

fù zá

complicated

收入

shōu rù

to take in

收拾

shōu shi

to put in order

反复

fǎn fù

repeatedly

复制

fù zhì

to duplicate

恢复

huī fù

to reinstate

收获

shōu huò

to harvest

收据

shōu jù

receipt

吸收

xī shōu

to absorb

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