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人仰马翻

rén yǎng mǎ fān

4-character word Traditional 人仰馬翻

What 人仰马翻 means

1. to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
2. in a pitiful state
3. in a complete mess
4. to roll (with laughter)

The characters in 人仰马翻

• 人rénperson; people
• 仰yǎngto face upward; to look up; to admire
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn

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