修复
xiūfù
to repair, to restore
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 工人正在修复古老的城墙。Workers are restoring the ancient city wall.
- 他们努力修复彼此的关系。They are working hard to repair their relationship.
Collocations
修复文物修复关系修复创伤自我修复
Mnemonic
修 xiū "to repair, cultivate" + 复 fù "to return, restore": to repair and bring back to the original, i.e. to restore, to repair, to mend. It corresponds to the Korean word su-bok (修復). Two shades: repairing and restoring relics, buildings or the body (修复文物 to restore relics) and figuratively repairing a relationship or wound (修复关系 to mend a relationship). 修 means "to repair" (修理); 复 is the "restore" 复 of 恢复 and 复活.
Related
恢复修理修缮复原
Quick check
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