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复述

fù shù

2-character word Traditional 複述

What 复述 means

1. to repeat (one's own words or sb else's)
2. (in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has learned

Other readings

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

• fù shùvariant of {复述|fù shù}

The characters in 复述

• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume
• 述shù(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate

Example sentences

• 汤姆不喜欢复述。
  Tom doesn't like repeating himself.
• 用自己的语言把课文内容复述。
  Yòng zìjǐ de yǔyán bǎ kèwén nèiróng fùshù.
  Use your own words to retell the content of the lesson.

Sounds the same

Read fù shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 复数(linguistics) plural; (math) complex number
• 富庶populous and affluent
• 负数negative number