复 fù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 夊 — to go slowly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
复活
fùhuó
to revive; to resurrect; to bring back to life
Characters in this word
活 huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部电影试图复活上世纪的市井气息，却没有陷入廉价怀旧。 Zhè bù diànyǐng shìtú fùhuó shàng shìjì de shìjǐng qìxī, què méiyǒu xiànrù liánjià huáijiù. This film tries to revive the street-level atmosphere of the last century without falling into cheap nostalgia.
- 童话里的公主被王子的一个吻复活了。 Tónghuà lǐ de gōngzhǔ bèi wángzǐ de yí ge wěn fùhuó le. In the fairy tale, the princess was brought back to life by the prince's kiss.
- 他们想让这门快要失传的老手艺重新复活。 Tāmen xiǎng ràng zhè mén kuàiyào shīchuán de lǎo shǒuyì chóngxīn fùhuó. They want to bring this almost-lost traditional craft back to life.