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- to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down
- to change completely
Trad. 顛覆
- to topple (i.e. knock over)
- to capsize
- fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion)
- to undermine
- to subvert
Trad. 反覆
- repeatedly
- over and over
- to upend
- unstable
- to come and go
- (of an illness) to return
Trad. 覆轍
- the tracks of a cart that overturned
- (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
Trad. 批覆
- to issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
Trad. 顛覆罪
- crime of incitement to overthrow the state
- abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权[shan1 dong4 dian1 fu4 guo2 jia1 zheng4 quan2]
- sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
- everything turned on its head
Trad. 翻來覆去
- to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
- again and again
Trad. 重蹈覆轍
- lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
- fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
- to repeat a disastrous mistake
- sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
- everything turned on its head
Trad. 全軍覆沒
- total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
Trad. 翻雲覆雨
- to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
- tricky and inconstant
- to make love
Trad. 覆水難收
- spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
- it's no use crying over spilt milk
- what's done is done and can't be reversed
- the damage is done
- once divorced, there's no reuniting
Trad. 載舟覆舟
- to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
Trad. 顛覆國家罪
- crime of incitement to overthrow the state
- abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权[shan1 dong4 dian1 fu4 guo2 jia1 zheng4 quan2]
Trad. 顛覆政府罪
- crime of incitement to overthrow the state
- abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权[shan1 dong4 dian1 fu4 guo2 jia1 zheng4 quan2]
Trad. 覆巢無完卵
- lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
- no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
Trad. 陰謀顛覆政府罪
- the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
Trad. 覆巢之下無完卵
- lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
- fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
Trad. 煽動顛覆國家罪
- crime of conspiring to overthrow the state
Trad. 翻手為雲覆手變雨
- lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
- very powerful and capable (idiom)
Trad. 煽動顛覆國家政權
- incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
Trad. 前車之覆，後車之鑒
- lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
- learn from past mistake
- once bitten twice shy
Trad. 水能載舟，亦能覆舟
- lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)
- fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it
- if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm
- things can be double-edged