WordTaiwan frequency #25,261
覆轍
ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄜˋ
“road where a cart overturned; a failed course of action that serves as a warning to others”
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- 反覆ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋrepeatedly; over and over; to come and go; unstable; (of an illness) to return
- 覆蓋ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄞˋto cover; to overlay; to blanket; to spread over; to obscure
- 顛覆ㄉㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋto overthrow or topple a regime; to subvert; to undermine; to overturn; to capsize
- 回覆ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˋto reply; to answer; to respond (by letter, email, etc.)
- 答覆ㄉㄚˊ ㄈㄨˋto reply; to answer; to respond to a question or request.
- 包覆ㄅㄠ ㄈㄨˋto wrap; to cover; to enclose; to coat; to envelop; to encase
- 翻覆ㄈㄢ ㄈㄨˋto overturn; to capsize; to flip over; to change repeatedly; to be fickle or unpredictable.
- 重覆ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄨˋto repeat; to do again; to duplicate; to recur; happening more than once
- 如出一轍ㄖㄨˊ ㄔㄨ ㄧ ㄔㄜˋexactly the same; identical; following the same pattern as if from the same rut
- 重蹈覆轍ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄜˋto repeat the same mistake; to fail to learn from past errors and repeat them
- 全軍覆沒ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄛˋentire army wiped out; total defeat or complete failure
- 南轅北轍ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄜˋactions and goals completely at odds; moving in the opposite direction of one's intended destination; running counter to one's purpose