翻脸
fān liǎn
Pinyin

Definition

翻脸
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fān liǎn
  1. to fall out with sb
  2. to become hostile

Character Decomposition

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)
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
翻唱
fān chàng
  1. 1 cover song
  2. 2 to cover a song
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
翻番
fān fān
  1. 1 to double
  2. 2 to increase by a certain number of times
翻看
fān kàn
  1. 1 to browse
  2. 2 to look over (books)
翻脸
fān liǎn
  1. 1 to fall out with sb
  2. 2 to become hostile
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]
翻身
fān shēn
  1. 1 to turn over (when lying)
  2. 2 (fig.) to free oneself
  3. 3 to emancipate oneself
  4. 4 to bring about a change of one's fortunes
翻转
fān zhuǎn
  1. 1 to roll
  2. 2 to turn over
  3. 3 to invert
  4. 4 to flip
翻遍
fān biàn
  1. 1 to rummage through
  2. 2 to turn everything over
  3. 3 to ransack

Idioms (13)

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)
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
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

Sample Sentences

比如一个号翻脸比翻书还快，昨天才告诉你我已经不想取悦任何人明天宣称懂生活的人，会用心经营自己的朋友
bǐrú yī ge hào fānliǎn bǐ fān shū hái kuài ，zuótiān cái gàosu nǐ wǒ yǐjīng bùxiǎng qǔyuè rènhérèn míngtiān xuānchēng dǒng shēnghuó de rén ，huì yòngxīn jīngyíng zìjǐ de péngyou
Such as a number turning faster than a book, and only telling you yesterday that "I don't want to please anyone who "declares tomorrow" to understand life, will manage his own circle of friends with his heart."
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