反覆
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wrong side out or up; anti- | to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize | ||
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trad. (反覆) | 反 | 覆 | |
simp. (反复*) | 反 | 复 | |
alternative forms | 反復/反复 |
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反覆
- to go back and forth; to be changeable; to be full of changes
- 呂布有虓虎之勇,而無英奇之略,輕狡反覆,唯利是視。自古及今,未有若此不夷滅也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CE
- Lǚ Bù yǒu xiāohǔ zhī yǒng, ér wú yīngqí zhī lüè, qīng jiǎo fǎnfù, wéilìshìshì. Zìgǔ jíjīn, wèiyǒu ruòcǐ bù yímiè yě. [Pinyin]
- Lü Bu possessed a roaring tiger's valor, yet no strategy of talented and extraordinary people's; he was frivolous, impetuous, and shifty, only looking out for his own gain. From antiquity till now, there was none like this who was not destroyed.
吕布有虓虎之勇,而无英奇之略,轻狡反覆,唯利是视。自古及今,未有若此不夷灭也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- to recur; (of disease) to relapse
- to go back on one's word; to back out
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反覆
- again and again; repeatedly; time and time again
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反覆
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