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复发

fù fā

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 復發

复发 (fù fā) means "to recur (of a disease); to reappear; to relapse (into a former bad state)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 复发 means

1. to recur (of a disease)
2. to reappear
3. to relapse (into a former bad state)

The characters in 复发

• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Example sentences

• 1955年她的癌症复发，她1956年去世，享年42岁。
  In 1955, the cancer returned and she died in 1956 at the age of 42.

Words containing 复发

• 旧病复发jiù bìng fù fāold illness recurs (idiom); a relapse; fig. to repeat an old error; the same old problem

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