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復甦

简复苏 · 繁復甦

Mandarin · pinyin fù sū

to recover (health, economic)
to resuscitate
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甦: sū · be reborn; resuscitate, revive
复: fù · return; repeat; repeatedly
苏: sū · revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'

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4–1 · fu4 su1

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fuk6 sou1

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verb

(literally, figuratively or medicine, economics) to come back to life; to resuscitate; to revive; to recover

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