推 tuī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
推翻
tuīfān
to overthrow; to overturn; to refute
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Example phrases
- 新证据足以推翻原先关于火灾原因的结论。 Xīn zhèngjù zúyǐ tuīfān yuánxiān guānyú huǒzāi yuányīn de jiélùn. The new evidence is sufficient to overturn the original conclusion about the cause of the fire.
- 新的研究彻底推翻了过去的理论。 Xīn de yánjiū chèdǐ tuīfān le guòqù de lǐlùn. The new research completely overturned the old theory.
- 他一句话就推翻了我们的全部计划。 Tā yījù huà jiù tuīfān le wǒmen de quánbù jìhuà. With a single remark, he overturned all of our plans.
Related words
- 推 tuī to push
- 推动 tuīdòng to push forward; to promote
- 推广 tuīguǎng to promote; to spread
- 推进 tuījìn to advance; to push forward
- 推开 tuīkāi to push open; to push away
- 推迟 tuīchí to postpone
- 推销 tuīxiāo to promote and sell
- 推行 tuīxíng to carry out; to put into practice
- 推测 tuīcè to speculate, to guess
- 推崇 tuīchóng to esteem highly; to advocate
- 推辞 tuīcí to decline; to refuse politely
- 推断 tuīduàn to infer; to deduce