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翻身

fān shēn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

翻身 (fān shēn) means "to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 翻身 means

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

The characters in 翻身

• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Words containing 翻身

• 地牛翻身dì niú fān shēn(Taiwan; colloquial) earthquake…
• 打翻身仗dǎ fān shēn zhàngto work hard towards a turnaround; to fight to reverse sth
• 咸鱼翻身xián yú fān shēnlit. the salted fish turns over (idiom); fig. to experience a reversal of fortune

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