fān xiāng dǎo qiè

Traditional: 翻箱倒篋

翻箱倒箧 (fān xiāng dǎo qiè) is a Chinese word meaning “to overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2to make a thorough search (idiom)

Characters in 翻箱倒箧

翻fān · to turn over箱xiāng · box倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally箧qiè · chest

Related words

倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back翻to turn over翻variant of 翻[fan1]箱子suitcase箱box倒霉to have bad luck冰箱refrigerator保险箱safe deposit box; safe倒数to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)倒数inverse number倒下to collapse

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