恢复

huī fù

to reinstate

to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate

恢

huī

to restore

复

fù

variant of 復|复[fu4]

restore (恢) + return daily (复) = recover and resume

恢 pairs the heart radical with 灰 for sound (huī). 复 pictures a person walking forward each new day — returning to do it again, restoring the cycle.

他生病后慢慢恢复了健康。

tā shēng bìng hòu màn màn huī fù le jiàn kāng。

after he got sick, he slowly recovered his health.

公司决定恢复之前的工作制度。

gōng sī jué dìng huī fù zhī qián de gōng zuò zhì dù。

the company decided to reinstate the previous work system.