翻箱倒柜 (翻箱倒櫃)
fān xiāng dǎo guì
Pinyin
Definition
翻箱倒柜 (翻箱倒櫃)
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- to overturn trunks and boxes
- to make a thorough search (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to fall
- 2 to collapse
- 3 to lie horizontally
- 4 to overthrow
- 5 to fail
- 6 to go bankrupt
- 7 to change (trains or buses)
- 8 to move around
- 9 to resell at a profit
- 1 to have bad luck
- 2 to be out of luck
- 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 have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
- 2 to support unconditionally
- 1 mailbox
- 2 post office box
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)
倒悬之危
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
- 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒打一耙
- 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
- 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
Sample Sentences
你在干嘛啊?翻箱倒柜地折腾。
What are you doing? You're making a big mess, turning the place inside out.