fān shēn

翻身 (fān shēn) is a Chinese word meaning “to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself”.

Meanings

  1. 1to turn over (when lying)
  2. 2(fig.) to free oneself
  3. 3to emancipate oneself
  4. 4to bring about a change of one's fortunes

Characters in 翻身

翻fān · to turn over身shēn · body

Related words

身上on the body身体the body身body身边at one's side身份identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank翻to turn over翻variant of 翻[fan1]单身unmarried; single全身the whole body身材stature本身itself身后the time after one's death

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