翻卷
fān juǎn
Pinyin

Definition

翻卷
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fān juǎn
  1. to spin
  2. to whirl around

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

卷
juǎn
  1. 1 to roll up
  2. 2 roll
  3. 3 classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
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)
翻译
fān yì
  1. 1 to translate
  2. 2 to interpret
  3. 3 translator
  4. 4 interpreter
  5. 5 translation
  6. 6 interpretation
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
交卷
jiāo juàn
  1. 1 to hand in one's examination script
卷子
juǎn zi
  1. 1 steamed roll
  2. 2 spring roll
卷心菜
juǎn xīn cài
  1. 1 cabbage
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē]
卷起
juǎn qǐ
  1. 1 variant of 捲起|卷起[juǎn qǐ]
问卷
wèn juàn
  1. 1 questionnaire
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn]
席卷
xí juǎn
  1. 1 to engulf
  2. 2 to sweep
  3. 3 to carry away everything
打翻
dǎ fān
  1. 1 to overturn
  2. 2 to overthrow
  3. 3 to strike down (an enemy)
卷入
juǎn rù
  1. 1 to be drawn into
  2. 2 to be involved in
卷发
juǎn fà
  1. 1 to curl hair
推翻
tuī fān
  1. 1 to overthrow
春卷
chūn juǎn
  1. 1 egg roll
  2. 2 spring roll
残卷
cán juàn
  1. 1 surviving section of a classic work
  2. 2 remaining chapters (while reading a book)
画卷
huà juǎn
  1. 1 picture scroll
答卷
dá juàn
  1. 1 completed examination paper
  2. 2 answer sheet
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]
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

Idioms (18)

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)
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
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
手不释卷
shǒu bù shì juàn
  1. 1 lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
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
行万里路，读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
  1. 1 Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
  2. 2 Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
开卷有益
kāi juàn yǒu yì
  1. 1 lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
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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