反反覆覆

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	wrong side out or up; anti-	to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize	to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize
trad. (反反覆覆)		反	反	覆	覆
simp. #(反反覆覆)		反	反	覆	覆
alternative forms		反反復復／反反复复
AABB-type reduplication of 反覆 (fǎnfù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnfǎnfùfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² faan² fuk¹ fuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnfǎnfùfù [Phonetic: fánfǎnfùfù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnfǎnfùfù
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-fan³-fu⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-fǎn-fù-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanfaanfuhfuh
    • Palladius: фаньфаньфуфу (fanʹfanʹfufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² faan² fuk¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: fáan fáan fūk fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² faan² fuk⁷ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² fan² fug¹ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ faːn³⁵ fʊk̚⁵ fʊk̚⁵/

Adverb

反反覆覆

1. over and over, time and time again, repeatedly

   • 我們之所以不惜反反覆覆地說到這一點，實在是沒有這一點就沒有勝利。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们之所以不惜反反覆覆地说到这一点，实在是没有这一点就没有胜利。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen zhīsuǒyǐ bùxī fǎnfǎnfùfù de shuōdào zhè yī diǎn, shízài shì méiyǒu zhè yī diǎn jiù méiyǒu shènglì. [Pinyin]

     We have dwelt on it at the risk of repetition precisely because victory is impossible without it.