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翻 (飜，繙)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

翻 [fān]
  1. 1. verb [换位置] turn over
    服务员把垫子翻过来。
    The staff turned the mattress over.
    他在床上翻了个身。
    He turned over in bed.
    车翻了。
    The car overturned.
  2. 2. verb [寻找] rummage
    她正在屋里东找西翻。
    She is rummaging around in her room.
  3. 3. verb [推翻] reverse
  4. 4. verb [越过] get across
  5. 5. verb [增加] multiply
  6. 6. verb [翻译] translate
  7. 7. verb [翻脸] fall out

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

翻 [fān]
  1. 1. verb turn upside down or inside out; turn over; turn
    他收拾房间的时候把洗涤剂碰翻了。
    这辆刹车坏了的车如果不去修必然会翻车。
    一场暴风雨过后，这只船已经翻了。
    新收的谷子晾晒时要多翻才能晒得透。
    我把茶杯碰翻了。
    I knocked the teacup over.
    车翻了。
    The cart overturned.
    船翻了。
    The ship capsized.
    翻谷子
    turn over the grain (to dry)
  2. 2. verb look through; search
    她翻遍衣柜也没能找到那套深红色的晚礼服。
    她一边翻书一边看报纸，悠闲得很呢。
    抽屉我都翻遍了，还是找不到。
    I rummaged all the drawers, but still couldn't find it.
    翻参考书
    look through reference works
  3. 3. verb reverse
    翻案
    reverse a verdict
  4. 4. verb cross; get over
    过去的侠客轻功卓越，翻高墙只是小菜一碟。
    翻过这个山头就可以见到一排白色房屋，那就是我的母校。
    翻墙
    climb over a wall
    翻过山头
    cross a mountaintop
  5. 5. verb multiply; double
  6. 6. verb translate
    只有他会那种密码，可以翻这张特殊的电报。
    杨绛不仅是一位文学家，还把《唐·吉珂德》翻成了中文。
    翻电报
    decode a telegram
    把英文翻成中文
    translate the English into Chinese
  7. 7. verb [verbal] fall out; break up
    他又被惹翻了，到处找人出气。
    虽然她们是好朋友，但还是因为一个获奖名额闹翻了。
    谁把他惹翻了?
    Who made him so angry?
    他们闹翻了。
    They fell out.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

翻 [fān]
  1. 1. 动 上下或里外位置颠倒或改变;歪倒
    汽车翻到山涧里了
    袜子要翻过来洗
  2. 2. 动 变换
    花样翻新
  3. 3. 动 翻译
    把英语翻成汉语
  4. 4. 动 翻脸
    俩人吵翻了
  5. 5. 动 把原有的推翻
    翻案
    翻供
  6. 6. 动 成倍增加
    产量翻了两番
  7. 7. 动 越过
    翻过两座山
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Examples

俗话说, 旧皇历翻不得, 你不要再翻旧帐了。
It is said that one can not live according to the old almanac, so forget old debts. → 旧皇历
渡船翻了，一场惨剧发生了。
The ferry capsized and a disaster occurred. → 惨剧
翻谷子
turn over the grain (to dry) → 翻
车翻了。
The cart overturned. → 翻
翻参考书
look through reference works → 翻
翻电报
decode a telegram → 翻
她以为我们在议论她，直朝我们翻白眼。
She kept glaring at us, thinking that we had been talking about her. → 翻白眼
飞机连翻了三个跟头。
The plane looped the loop three times. → 翻跟头
他翻了个身又睡着了。
He turned over in bed and fell asleep again. → 翻身
先别把这一页翻过去。
Don't turn over the page yet. → 过去
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Character Decomposition

番
[fān]		 + 羽
[yǔ]

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