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复读

fù dú

2-character word Traditional 復讀

What 复读 means

1. to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school

Other readings

复读 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fù dú(of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning)

The characters in 复读

• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume
• 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)

Example sentences

• 他反复读了好几遍她寄来的信，还是没明白她的意思。
  Tā fǎnfù dú le hǎojǐ biàn tā jì lái de xìn, háishi méi míngbai tā de yìsi.
  Over and over again, he read the letter she had mailed him, but he still did not understand it.

Words starting with 复读

• 复读生fù dú shēngstudent who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school