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複述

简复述 · 繁複述

Mandarin · pinyin fù shù

to repeat (one's own words or sb else's)
(in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has learned

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述: shù · narrate, state, express
复: fù · return; repeat; repeatedly

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4–4 · fu4 shu4

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fuk1 seot6

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verb

to retell; to repeat (one's own words or somebody else's)
to paraphrase (what one has learned in the classroom)

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