翻番
fān fān
Pinyin

Definition

翻番
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fān fān
  1. to double
  2. to increase by a certain number of times

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

番
Pān
  1. 1 surname Pan
翻
fān
  1. 1 to turn over
  2. 2 to flip over
  3. 3 to overturn
  4. 4 to rummage through
  5. 5 to translate
  6. 6 to decode
  7. 7 to double
  8. 8 to climb over or into
  9. 9 to cross
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
打翻
dǎ fān
  1. 1 to overturn
  2. 2 to overthrow
  3. 3 to strike down (an enemy)
推翻
tuī fān
  1. 1 to overthrow
番禺
Pān yú
  1. 1 Panyu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
  2. 2 Panyu county in Guangdong province
番禺区
Pān yú qū
  1. 1 Panyu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
番茄
fān qié
  1. 1 tomato
番茄红素
fān qié hóng sù
  1. 1 Lycopene
番茄酱
fān qié jiàng
  1. 1 ketchup
  2. 2 tomato sauce
番薯
fān shǔ
  1. 1 (dialect) sweet potato
  2. 2 yam
翻来覆去
fān lái fù qù
  1. 1 to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
  2. 2 again and again
翻倍
fān bèi
  1. 1 to double
翻唱
fān chàng
  1. 1 cover song
  2. 2 to cover a song
翻拍
fān pāi
  1. 1 to reproduce photographically
  2. 2 to duplicate
  3. 3 to adapt (as a movie)
  4. 4 to remake (a movie)
  5. 5 adaptation
  6. 6 reproduction
  7. 7 remake
翻新
fān xīn
  1. 1 to revamp
  2. 2 a face-lift
  3. 3 to retread (a tire)
  4. 4 to refurbish (old clothes)
  5. 5 newly emerging
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. overwhelming
  3. 3 earth-shattering
  4. 4 in a spectacular mess
翻滚
fān gǔn
  1. 1 to roll
  2. 2 to boil
翻炒
fān chǎo
  1. 1 to stir-fry
翻墙
fān qiáng
  1. 1 lit. to climb over the wall
  2. 2 fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China

Idioms (15)

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
  1. 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
  2. 2 over and over again
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
翻山越岭
fān shān yuè lǐng
  1. 1 to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
翻手为云覆手变雨
fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ
  1. 1 lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
  2. 2 very powerful and capable (idiom)
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. overwhelming
  3. 3 earth-shattering
  4. 4 in a spectacular mess
翻空出奇
fān kōng chū qí
  1. 1 to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
翻箱倒箧
fān xiāng dǎo qiè
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
翻老皇历
fān lǎo huáng lì
  1. 1 to look to the past for guidance (idiom)
翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
  1. 1 to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
  2. 2 tricky and inconstant
  3. 3 to make love
阴沟里翻船
yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán
  1. 1 to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
咸鱼翻身
xián yú fān shēn
  1. 1 lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to experience a reversal of fortune

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