翻沉
fān chén
Pinyin
Definition
翻沉
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- to capsize and sink
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 heavy
- 2 hard
- 3 serious
- 4 critical
- 1 taciturn
- 2 uncommunicative
- 3 silent
- 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
- 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
- 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
- 1 overcast
- 2 gloomy
- 3 downcast
- 4 deep and low (of sound)
- 5 muffled
Idioms (20)
人仰马翻
- 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
- 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
- 2 everything turned on its head
好酒沉瓮底
- 1 lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
- 2 fig. the best is saved for last
沉湎酒色
- 1 to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
- 2 an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
沉着应战
- 1 to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)