Verboverthrow; overturn; topple

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Character Breakdown

推翻 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 推翻 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 推翻 with other words naturally.
Verb + Complementwith不了
tuī
fān
liǎo
neutralSpoken
cannot be overthrown
Verb + Object
tuī
fān
bào
zhèng
formalWritten
overthrow tyranny
tuī
fān
jiù
zhì
formal
overthrow the old system
tuī
fān
zhèng
formal
overthrow the government
Adverb + Verbwith彻底
bèi
chè
tuī
fān
formal
be completely overthrown

Example Sentences with 推翻

tuī
fān
le
zhuō
zi
He overturned the table.
jīng
guò
liè
biàn
lùn
wěi
yuán
huì
zuì
zhōng
tuī
fān
le
zhī
qián
de
jué
After intense debate, the committee ultimately overturned the previous resolution.
nán
dào
xiǎng
tuī
fān
men
xīn
jiàn
de
suǒ
yǒu
guī
ma
Do you really want to overturn all the rules we worked so hard to establish?
xué
jiā
men
tuī
fān
le
jiù
de
lùn
The scientists overturned the old theory.
bìng
méi
yǒu
tuī
fān
zhěng
huà
zhǐ
shì
chū
le
xiū
gǎi
jiàn
He did not overturn the entire plan; he merely proposed some modifications.
xīn
zhèng
de
chū
xiàn
chè
tuī
fān
le
jǐng
fāng
zuì
chū
de
pàn
duàn
The emergence of new evidence completely overturned the police's initial judgment.
rén
mín
tuī
fān
le
bài
de
zhèng
The people overthrew the corrupt government.
men
tuī
fān
zhè
ge
jiù
fāng
àn
chóng
xīn
shè
gèng
gāo
xiào
de
We need to scrap this old plan and redesign a more efficient one.