复审 (fù shěn) — to re-examine; to recheck; (law) to conduct a judicial review; to retry (a case)

Definition

复审 (fù shěn) means to review again — in law, a higher court re-examines or retries a case already decided; in general use, it just means a second check on a plan or document.

verb
to re-examineto recheck(law) to conduct a judicial reviewto retry (a case)

Examples

  • 复审。
    Wǒ men xū yào duì zhè ge jì huà jìn xíng fù shěn.
    We need to re-examine this plan.
  • 复审。
    Fǎ yuàn jué dìng duì zhè ge àn jiàn jìn xíng fù shěn.
    The court decided to retry this case.
  • 复审。
    Suǒ yǒu shēn qǐng dōu yào jīng guò liǎng cì fù shěn.
    All applications must go through two rounds of review.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

复fùagain
审shěnexamine

复 again and 审 examine combine: examine again.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù復fù
Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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