翻覆
fān fù
Pinyin

Definition

翻覆
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fān fù
  1. to overturn (a vehicle)
  2. to capsize
  3. to turn upside down
  4. to change completely

Related Words (20)

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)
倾覆
qīng fù
  1. 1 to capsize
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 to overturn
  4. 4 to overthrow
  5. 5 to undermine
回覆
huí fù
  1. 1 to reply
  2. 2 to recover
  3. 3 variant of 回復|回复[huí fù]
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
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
翻动
fān dòng
  1. 1 to flip over
  2. 2 to turn (a page)
  3. 3 to scroll (an electronic document)
  4. 4 to stir (food in a pot etc)
  5. 5 to move things about
  6. 6 to rummage
翻唱
fān chàng
  1. 1 cover song
  2. 2 to cover a song
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
翻版
fān bǎn
  1. 1 to reprint
  2. 2 reproduction
  3. 3 pirate copy
  4. 4 (fig.) imitation
  5. 5 carbon copy
  6. 6 clone
翻番
fān fān
  1. 1 to double
  2. 2 to increase by a certain number of times
翻盘
fān pán
  1. 1 to make a comeback
  2. 2 (of a doctor's assessment of the gender of a fetus) to turn out to be wrong

Idioms (19)

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)
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
前车之覆，后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  2. 2 learn from past mistake
  3. 3 once bitten twice shy
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
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
覆巢之下无完卵
fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
  2. 2 no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
  2. 2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
  4. 4 the damage is done
  5. 5 once divorced, there's no reuniting
载舟覆舟
zài zhōu fù zhōu
  1. 1 to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
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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