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規復

简规复 · 繁規復

Mandarin · pinyin guī fù

to restore (deposed monarch, rule, system of laws, ecological system etc)
restoration

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復: Look up this written character
规: guī · rules, regulations, customs, law
复: fù · return; repeat; repeatedly

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1–4 · gui1 fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kwai1 fuk6

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verb

(literary) to recover; to recapture; to regain (especially lost territory)

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