复杂

Traditional: 複雜

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Translation

complicated, complex

Word origin

A compound of 复 (fù, repeated, manifold) and 杂 (zá, mixed, miscellaneous), conveying the sense of many things tangled together.

Origin
compound
Root
复 (fù, manifold) + 杂 (zá, mixed)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 复

Stroke order for 杂

Examples

This problem is very complicated.

The relationship between them is complicated.

Do not make things out to be more complex than they are.

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The structure of this machine is rather complex.

Her feelings were very mixed.

复杂 (fùzá) means complicated or complex, the opposite of 简单 (simple). It describes problems, relationships, structures, and states of mind.

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This word is part of lesson 36.