1. verb to cover
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '覆'; Kroll 2015 '覆' 1, p. 124; Unihan '覆'; XHZD '覆' 1, p. 210)
  2. verb to reply [to a letter]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 复 (CC-CEDICT '覆'; Guoyu '覆' v 3; Kroll 2015 '覆' 5, p. 124; Unihan '覆'; XHZD '覆' 3, p. 210)
  3. verb to overturn; to capsize
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 翻倒 (CC-CEDICT '覆'; Guoyu '覆' v 1; Kroll 2015 '覆' 6, p. 124; Unihan '覆'; XHZD '覆' 2, p. 210)
  4. adjective layered
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '覆' 1a, p. 124)
  5. verb to ruin; to destroy; to overwhelm
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 毁灭 (Guoyu '覆' v 3; Kroll 2015 '覆' 2a, p. 124)
  6. verb to hide
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 遮盖 (Guoyu '覆' v 6; Kroll 2015 '覆' 3, p. 124)
  7. verb to scrutinize
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 详察 (Guoyu '覆' v 5; Kroll 2015 '覆' 4, p. 124)
  8. adverb to the contrary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '覆' 5, p. 124)
  9. adverb again
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 再 (Guoyu '覆' adv; Kroll 2015 '覆' 7, p. 124)
  10. adverb to reverse; to return
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 反转 (Guoyu '覆' v 2)
  11. verb to ambush
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 埋伏 (Guoyu '覆' v 7)

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