这个发现颠覆了旧理论。
This discovery overturned the old theory.
颠覆
to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion)
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Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.
颠
覆
Nice writing!
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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.
颠
- 颠簸diānbǒto be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, B7
- 颠倒diāndǎoto turn upside downB7
- 颠倒黑白diāndǎo-hēibáilit. to invert black and white (idiom)B7
覆
- 覆盖fùgàito coverB6
- 翻来覆去fānlái-fùqùto toss and turn (sleeplessly)B7
- 翻天覆地fāntiān-fùdìsky and the earth turning upside down (idiB7
See it in sentences
新观念颠覆了传统。
New ideas have overturned tradition.