翻桌 - to flip a table over (in a fit of anger), (at a restaurant) to turn over a table (i.e. to complete a cycle from the seating of one group of diners until the arrival of another group at the same table) - fān zhuō | Definition | ChinesePod.com

翻桌

fān zhuō

Pinyin

Definition

翻桌

-

fān zhuō

to flip a table over (in a fit of anger)
(at a restaurant) to turn over a table (i.e. to complete a cycle from the seating of one group of diners until the arrival of another group at the same table)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhuō

1 table
2 desk
3 classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc

zhuō miàn

1 desktop
2 tabletop

fān

1 to turn over
2 to flip over
3 to overturn
4 to rummage through
5 to translate
6 to decode
7 to double
8 to climb over or into
9 to cross

tóng zhuō

1 desk-mate
2 seat-mate

yuán zhuō

1 round table

Idioms (13)

人仰马翻

rén yǎng mǎ fān

1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
2 in a pitiful state
3 in a complete mess
4 to roll (with laughter)

天翻地覆

tiān fān dì fù

1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
2 everything turned on its head

翻天覆地

fān tiān fù dì

1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
2 everything turned on its head

翻山越岭

fān shān yuè lǐng

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 lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
2 very powerful and capable (idiom)