翻 fān

1. fān verb to translate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: bjon (Kroll 翻 4; NCCED '翻' 4) For example, in the Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation by Fa Yun, 若餘翻是正 'if the translation is accurate.' (T 2131, Scroll 4)
2. fān verb to flit about; to flap
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 翻 1; NCCED '翻' 1)
3. fān verb to turn over
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 翻 2; NCCED '翻' 2)
4. fān verb to change; to convert; to revise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 翻 4; NCCED '翻' 3)
5. fān verb to reverse; to withdraw
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 翻 3; NCCED '翻' 6)

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• 向前翻腾(向前翻騰) forward somersault
• 后空翻(後空翻) backward somersault; backflip
• 翻腾(翻騰) to turn over; to surge; to churn; to rummage; raging (torrent)
• 翻译记忆(翻譯記憶) translation memory
• 翻开(翻開) to open up
• 翻山越岭(翻山越嶺) to pass over mountains and crossing ridges
• 后翻筋斗(後翻筋斗) backward somersault
• 翻盖(翻蓋) flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate
• 翻天覆地 world-shaking
• 翻然悔悟 to see the error of one's ways; to make a clean break with one's past
• 翻覆 to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down; to change completely
• 打翻身仗 to work hard towards a turnaround; to fight to reverse sth
• 推翻帝国主义(推翻帝國主義) overthrow imperialism
• 翻阅(翻閱) to thumb through; to flip through (a book)
• 翻转(翻轉) to roll; to turn over; to invert; to flip
• 翻搅(翻攪) to stir up; to turn over
• 机械翻译(機械翻譯) machine translation
• 翻译手册(翻譯手冊) a translation guide
• 人仰马翻(人仰馬翻) to suffer a crushing defeat; in a pitiful state; in a complete mess; to roll (with laughter)
• 翻印 reprint; to reissue; to publish a new edition
• 侧空翻(側空翻) aerial cartwheel; side somersault
• 前空翻 forward somersault; front flip
• 机翻(機翻) machine translation
• 翻过来(翻過來) to overturn; to turn upside down
• 统计机器翻译(統計機器翻譯) statistical machine translation
• 翻拣(翻揀) to browse and select; to glance through and check
• 翻卷 to spin; to whirl around
• 翻筋斗 to tumble; to turn a somersault
• 阴沟里翻船(陰溝裡翻船) to meet with unexpected failure; to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
• 推翻 to overturn ; to overthrow [the government]
• 掀翻 to turn something over; to overturn
• 翻盘(翻盤) to make a comeback; (of a doctor's assessment of the gender of a fetus) to turn out to be wrong
• 翻译研究(翻譯研究) translation studies
• 翻湧(翻湧) to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)
• 机器翻译(機器翻譯) machine translation
• 翻造 to rebuild; to renovate
• 翻检(翻檢) to rummage; to look through; to leaf through
• 翻箱倒柜(翻箱倒櫃) to overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search
• 翻译家(翻譯家) a translator
• 翻修 to rebuild (house or road); to overhaul
• 地覆天翻 turn over earth and heaven; monumental change
• 易如翻掌 as easy as turning over your palms
• 翻子拳 Fanziquan; Overturning Fist
• 翻手为云覆手变雨(翻手為雲覆手變雨) turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
• 翻译者(翻譯者) a translator; an interpreter
• 翻桌 to flip a table over (in a fit of anger)
• 翻版 reprint; reproduction; pirate copy ; imitation; carbon copy; clone
• 天翻地覆 turn over heaven and earth; monumental change
• 翻江倒海 overturning seas and rivers; overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a spectacular mess
• 翻嘴 to withdraw a remark; to quarrel

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• 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 108
• 卷69 崔休 裴延俊 袁翻 Volume 69: Cui Xiu, Pei Yanjun, Yuan Fan Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 22
• 卷四十七　列傳第三十五:　袁翻 陽尼 賈思伯 祖瑩 Volume 47 Biographies 35: Yuan Fan, Yang Ni, Jiao Sibo, Zu Ying History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 21
• 卷77 宋翻 辛雄 羊深 楊機 高崇 Volume 77: Song Fan, Xin Xiong, Yang Shen, Yang Ji, Gao Chong Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 17
• 卷二十六　列傳第十四:　宋隱 許彥 刁雍 辛紹先 韋閬 杜銓 Volume 26 Biographies 14: Song Yin, Xu Yan, Diao Yong, Xin Shaoxian, Weu Lang, Du Quan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 15
• 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 13
• 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
• 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 第十七回 Chapter 17 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8

Collocations

• 虞翻 (虞翻) 先遣虞翻說歆 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang — count: 18
• 翻曰 (翻曰) 朗謂翻曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu — count: 11
• 翻说 (翻說) 先遣虞翻說歆 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang — count: 5
• 谓翻 (謂翻) 朗謂翻曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu — count: 4
• 使翻 (使翻) 朗使翻见豫章太守华歆 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu — count: 3
• 翻对曰 (翻對曰) 翻对曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu — count: 3
• 翻别传 (翻別傳) 翻别传曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu — count: 3
• 翻谓 (翻謂) 翻謂蒙曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十四 吳書九 周瑜魯肅呂蒙傳 Volume 54: Book of Wu 9 - Biographies of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng — count: 3
• 翻翻 (翻翻) 旌旐翻翻 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十一 列傳第一 后妃上 Volume 31 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts Part One — count: 2
• 翻能 (翻能) 翻能步行 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu — count: 2