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复苏

HSK 6Word · VerbTraditional復甦

revive; recover; resuscitate

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Meanings

2 senses · 6 examples
1.

verb

to revive; to resuscitate; to regain consciousness

Used for living organisms, tissues, or metaphorically for nature awakening from dormancy (e.g., spring).

Jīng经
guò过
jǐn紧
jí急
qiǎng抢
jiù救
 ,
bìng病
rén人
de的
xīn心
zàng脏
zhōng终
yú于
fù复
sū苏
le了
 。

After emergency resuscitation, the patient's heart finally revived.

Chūn春
tiān天
lái来
le了
 ,
wàn万
wù物
fù复
sū苏
 。

Spring has arrived, and all things come back to life.

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Yī医
shēng生
yòng用
diàn电
jī击
qì器
shǐ使
huàn患
zhě者
fù复
sū苏
 。

The doctor used a defibrillator to resuscitate the patient.

2.

verb

to recover; to pick up; to rebound

formal

A specialized economic term, but also broadly used for recovery from recessions or downturns.

Zhèng政
fǔ府
cǎi采
qǔ取
cuò措
shī施
cù促
jìn进
jīng经
jì济
fù复
sū苏
 。

The government took measures to promote economic recovery.

Jīng经
lì历
le了
sān三
nián年
de的
dī低
mí迷
 ,
shì市
chǎng场
kāi开
shǐ始
huǎn缓
màn慢
fù复
sū苏
 。

After three years of downturn, the market is beginning to recover slowly.

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Zhè这
ge个
háng行
yè业
de的
fù复
sū苏
xìn信
hào号
yǐ已
jīng经
xiǎn显
xiàn现
 。

Signals of recovery in this industry have already appeared.