报 bào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
报复
bàofù
to retaliate; revenge
Characters in this word
复 fù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 夊 — to go slowly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 公司不能因为员工举报问题就报复他，否则会承担法律责任。 Gōngsī bù néng yīnwèi yuángōng jǔbào wèntí jiù bàofù tā, fǒuzé huì chéngdān fǎlǜ zérèn. A company cannot retaliate against an employee for reporting problems, or it will bear legal responsibility.
- 他不想报复同事，只想把这件事说清楚。 Tā bù xiǎng bàofù tóngshì, zhǐ xiǎng bǎ zhè jiàn shì shuō qīngchu. He doesn't want to retaliate against his colleague; he just wants to make things clear.
- 弟弟为了报复姐姐，偷偷藏起了她的新帽子。 Dìdi wèile bàofù jiějie, tōutōu cáng qǐ le tā de xīn màozi. To get back at his sister, the younger brother secretly hid her new hat.
Related words
- 报名 bàomíng to sign up
- 报纸 bàozhǐ newspaper
- 日报 rìbào daily newspaper
- 晚报 wǎnbào evening newspaper
- 报 bào newspaper
- 报到 bàodào to check in; to register
- 报道 bàodào to report; news report
- 报告 bàogào report; speech
- 预报 yùbào forecast
- 汇报 huìbào to report
- 报答 bàodá to repay someone's kindness
- 报警 bàojǐng to call the police