复建

復建

fùjiàn

verb #67,244

Meanings

1 to rebuild; to reconstruct
2 to restore (a historical building or destroyed structure)

Characters

build; establish

Examples

地震后政府复建了这座古城。

Dìzhèn hòu zhèngfǔ fùjiàn le zhè zuò gǔchéng.

After the earthquake the government rebuilt this old town.

这座寺庙在明代复建过一次。

Zhè zuò sìmiào zài Míng dài fùjiàn guò yí cì.

This temple was once rebuilt in the Ming dynasty.

Tips

usage

复建 implies rebuilding something that previously existed and was destroyed — distinct from 新建 (build new) and 重建 (rebuild, more common in speech). 复建 carries a stronger sense of historical restoration and is common in heritage-preservation contexts.

Stroke Order

复 fù

建 jiàn