Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words翻身

WordTOCFL Level 5separable verbTaiwan frequency #7,459

翻身

fānshēn·ㄈㄢㄕㄣ

“to turn over while lying down; to roll over; (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes”

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To turn over; to flip; to overturn; to rummage; to translate; to decode; to cross over; to fly.

Body; trunk; life; oneself; personal experience; one's character or conduct; the main part of something; pregnant; classifier for suits of clothes.