推翻 meaning in English

tuīfān

to overthrow

HSK 7-929 strokes

Meaning of 推翻

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tuīfān
  1. to overthrow

推翻 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

预yù言yán被bèi实shí验yàn结jié果guǒ推tuī翻fān了le。
The prediction was falsified by the result.
反fǎn动dòng派pài被bèi人rén民mín所suǒ推tuī翻fān。
Reactionary groups were overthrown by the people.
国guó王wáng的de卑bēi劣liè行xíng为wéi致zhì使shǐ人rén们men相xiāng信xìn他tā只zhǐ是shì个gè该gāi被bèi推tuī翻fān的de暴bào君jūn。
The depravity of the king's deeds led the people to believe he was nothing more than a tyrant that needed to be overthrown.
革gé命mìng就jiù是shì一yī场cháng暴bào动dòng,一yī场cháng由yóu一yí个gè阶jiē级jí推tuī翻fān另lìng一yí个gè阶jiē级jí的de暴bào力lì行xíng动dòng。
A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

Stroke order for each character

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推 tuī · to push · 11 strokes

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翻 fān · to turn over · 18 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 推翻.

推进tuījìnto impel; to carry forward
推动tuīdòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推开tuīkāito push open (a gate etc); to push away
推广tuīguǎngto extend; to spread
翻译fānyìto translate; to interpret
推迟tuīchíto postpone; to put off
推销tuīxiāoto market; to sell
推行tuīxíngto implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to ad
推出tuīchūto push out; to release
推荐tuījiànto recommend
推测tuīcèspeculation; to conjecture
推理tuīlǐreasoning; inference

Questions about 推翻

What does 推翻 mean?

推翻 (tuīfān) means "to overthrow".

How do you write 推翻?

推翻 is made of 2 characters: 推 (11 strokes), 翻 (18 strokes). That is 29 strokes in total.

Is 推翻 an HSK word?

Yes. 推翻 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.