Definition

1. Verb:
   • To restore / to reinstate: To bring something back to its original, good, or operational condition; to return something to a former state, position, or right.
   • To recover / to rehabilitate: To return to a normal state of health, strength, or good condition after a period of illness, damage, or decline.
   • To revive / to restart: To bring an activity, system, or process back into operation or existence.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các chuyên gia đang phục hồi bức tranh cổ. (Experts are restoring the ancient painting.)
  • Sau trận ốm, anh ấy cần thời gian để phục hồi sức khỏe. (After the illness, he needs time to recover his health.)
  • Chính phủ có kế hoạch phục hồi nền kinh tế sau khủng hoảng. (The government has a plan to revive the economy after the crisis.)

Advanced Usage

• "phục hồi chức vụ": to reinstate someone to a position.
  • Ông ấy đã được phục hồi chức vụ sau khi được minh oan. (He was reinstated to his position after being exonerated.)
• "phục hồi dữ liệu": to recover data.
  • Kỹ thuật viên cố gắng phục hồi dữ liệu từ ổ cứng hỏng. (The technician tried to recover data from the failed hard drive.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hồi phục (v): to recuperate, to recover (often used for health).
  • Bệnh nhân đang hồi phục rất tốt sau phẫu thuật. (The patient is recuperating very well after surgery.)
• Khôi phục (v): to restore, to recover. Often interchangeable with "phục hồi," but can imply a stronger sense of rebuilding from ruins or a complete loss.
  • Họ khôi phục ngôi đền từ những phế tích. (They restored the temple from ruins.)

Synonyms

• Restore: to bring back to an original state.
• Recover: to regain something lost.
• Rehabilitate: to restore to a condition of health or useful activity.
• Revive: to bring back to life, consciousness, or activity.

Related Idioms

• Phục hồi danh dự: to restore one's honor.
  • Bản án mới đã giúp phục hồi danh dự cho gia đình ông. (The new verdict helped restore his family's honor.)

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