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复

fù

1. verb to reply

   请尽快回复我的邮件。

   Qǐng jǐnkuài huífù wǒ de yóujiàn.

   Please reply to my email as soon as possible.

2. verb to recover; to restore

   他的身体已经康复了。

   Tā de shēntǐ yǐjīng kāngfù le.

   He has fully recovered.

3. adverb again (literary)

   时间就像流水，一去不复返。

   Shíjiān jiù xiàng liúshuǐ, yī qù bù fù fǎn.

   Time is like flowing water — once gone, it never returns.

4. adjective repeated; compound

   这两份材料内容重复了。

   Zhè liǎng fèn cáiliào nèiróng chóngfù le.

   These two documents overlap in content.

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