翻船 fānchuán
fānchuán
verb
to capsize
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Watercraft
Notes: Figuratively, to suffer a setback or defeat (CC-CEDICT '翻船')
Contained in
- 阴沟里翻船(陰溝裡翻船) to meet with unexpected failure; to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第五十五回 Chapter 55 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1