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复杂

fù zá · fu za

Traditional 複雜

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. complicated; complex
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Too many rules

  1. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)游戏(yóuxì)的(de)规则(guīzé)太(tài)复杂(fùzá)了(le)。

    The rules of this game are too complicated.

  2. Dengdeng

    有(yǒu)多(duō)复杂(fùzá)？

    How complicated?

  3. Liangliang

    说明书(shuōmíngshū)有(yǒu)三十(sānshí)页(yè)。

    The manual has thirty pages.

  4. Dengdeng

    复杂(fùzá)的(de)游戏(yóuxì)更(gèng)好玩(hǎowán)，给(gěi)我(wǒ)看看(kànkan)。

    Complicated games are more fun. Let me see.

  5. Liangliang

    给(gěi)你(nǐ)，说明书(shuōmíngshū)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)。

    Here you go. The manual is here.

  6. Dengdeng

    看(kàn)了(le)十(shí)分钟(fēnzhōng)，太(tài)复杂(fùzá)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)玩(wán)简单(jiǎndān)的(de)吧(ba)。

    After ten minutes: too complicated. Let us play a simple one.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

电(diàn)脑(nǎo)可(kě)以(yǐ)做(zuò)极(jí)为(wéi)复(fù)杂(zá)的(de)工(gōng)作(zuò)。

Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fenfang557 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)问(wèn)题(tí)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)象(xiàng)的(de)复(fù)杂(zá)得(de)多(duō)。

This problem is much more complicated than I imagined.

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The characters

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复
fù

to go and return; to return

杂
zá

mixed; miscellaneous

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