覆亡
fù wáng
Pinyin

Definition

覆亡
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fù wáng
  1. fall (of an empire)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

死亡
sǐ wáng
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 death
亡
wáng
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 to lose
  3. 3 to be gone
  4. 4 to flee
  5. 5 deceased
亡命
wáng mìng
  1. 1 to flee
  2. 2 to go into exile (from prison)
亡国
wáng guó
  1. 1 (of a nation) to be destroyed
  2. 2 subjugation
  3. 3 vanquished nation
亡灵
wáng líng
  1. 1 departed spirit
伤亡
shāng wáng
  1. 1 casualties
  2. 2 injuries and deaths
倾覆
qīng fù
  1. 1 to capsize
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 to overturn
  4. 4 to overthrow
  5. 5 to undermine
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
回覆
huí fù
  1. 1 to reply
  2. 2 to recover
  3. 3 variant of 回復|回复[huí fù]
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
家破人亡
jiā pò rén wáng
  1. 1 family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
  2. 2 destitute and homeless
消亡
xiāo wáng
  1. 1 to die out
  2. 2 to wither away
沦亡
lún wáng
  1. 1 (of a country) to perish
  2. 2 to be annexed
  3. 3 subjugation (to a foreign power)
灭亡
miè wáng
  1. 1 to be destroyed
  2. 2 to become extinct
  3. 3 to perish
  4. 4 to die out
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to exterminate
翻来覆去
fān lái fù qù
  1. 1 to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
  2. 2 again and again
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
  2. 2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
  4. 4 the damage is done
  5. 5 once divorced, there's no reuniting
覆灭
fù miè
  1. 1 destruction
覆盖
fù gài
  1. 1 to cover
身亡
shēn wáng
  1. 1 to die

Idioms (20)

亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
  1. 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act belatedly
  3. 3 better late than never
  4. 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
  1. 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. 2 death of a close friend
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
前车之覆，后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  2. 2 learn from past mistake
  3. 3 once bitten twice shy
名存实亡
míng cún shí wáng
  1. 1 the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)
唇亡齿寒
chún wáng chǐ hán
  1. 1 lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
国家兴亡，匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
天下兴亡，匹夫有责
tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
家破人亡
jiā pò rén wáng
  1. 1 family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
  2. 2 destitute and homeless
有名亡实
yǒu míng wáng shí
  1. 1 lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name
  2. 2 nominal
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
翻手为云覆手变雨
fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ
  1. 1 lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
  2. 2 very powerful and capable (idiom)
翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
  1. 1 to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
  2. 2 tricky and inconstant
  3. 3 to make love
自取灭亡
zì qǔ miè wáng
  1. 1 to court disaster (idiom)
  2. 2 to dig one's own grave
覆巢之下无完卵
fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed

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