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複

简 复 · 繁 複
Mandarin · pinyin fù

Meanings

  1. to repeat
  2. to double
  3. to overlap
  4. complex (not simple)
  5. compound
  6. composite
  7. double
  8. diplo-
  9. duplicate
  10. overlapping
  11. to duplicate
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複
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复
fù · return; repeat; repeatedly
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4 · fu4

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character

  1. (literary) lined garment
  2. to repeat; to double; to overlap
  3. duplicate; double; overlapping
  4. complex
  5. again

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