# 报复 (bàofù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 报复 (bàofù) means “to retaliate; revenge”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to retaliate; revenge
- Pinyin: bàofù (bao4 fu4)
- Traditional: 報復
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 真正的强大是宽容，而不是盲目报复。
  Zhēnzhèng de qiángdà shì kuānróng, ér bùshì mángmù bàofù.
  True strength lies in tolerance, not in blind retaliation.

## Characters

- [报](https://hanziro.com/word/bao-report/) (bào): to report; newspaper
- 复 (fù): to go and return; to return

https://hanziro.com/word/bao-fu-retaliate/

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