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7-9

to cover

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

fu4gai4 fùgài

Meaning


Primary

to cover

Alternatives

cover, covers, covering, covered

Mnemonic


覆蓋 To cover something is to pick up the 蓋 lid that was placed upside down on the ground and 覆 to overturn it and place it back where it originall was.

Usage


山頂 被 白雪 覆蓋 了。

The mountain top was covered with snow.

桌子 上 覆蓋 著 一 層 灰塵。

The table was covered with a layer of dust.

大地 被 濃霧 覆蓋, 什麼 都 看 不 清。

The ground was covered in thick fog, and nothing could be seen clearly.

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