覆轍

the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past

Characters and words in 覆轍

variant of 復|复[fu4] / to reply to a letter

= 𠂉 + + : Mnemonic symbol: a photocopier.

Frieda Fox (fu) and the sun (日) have to wear high heels (夂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The high heels are locked, and they only have one key (𠂉). They know that the key is very fragile and can only be used once, so they use a photocopier (复) to create more keys so that both of them can be freed.

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) wants to use the shrine of rejuvenation (復) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but someone has been using it for one hundred years already. First, Frieda uses knuckle dusters (覀) to knock the person over the head, but as he doesn't wake up Frieda looses her patience completely and just overthrows (覆) the whole shrine, throwing out the person.
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) wants to use the shrine of rejuvenation (復) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but someone has been using it for one hundred years already. First, Frieda uses knuckle dusters (覀) to knock the person over the head, but as he doesn't wake up Frieda looses her patience completely and just overthrows (覆) the whole shrine, throwing out the person.
to remove / to withdraw
rut / track / rhyme / (dialect) way / method
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea

= + + : James II of England (zh) wants to go out on a trip with his cabriolet (车). He can only drive it through the ruts (辙) leading through the elevator's kitchen (e2), but someone is rearing (育) their egg on the track. James II of England will have to remove the egg with a sledgehammer (攵) in order to be able to continue.

Words with 覆轍

lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake

Sentences with 覆轍

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