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翻身 (fān shēn): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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翻身 (fān shēn): Turn over (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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翻身 consists of 2 characters.

turn over; turn around; reverse

body, person, oneself

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 翻身.

Words with 翻

翻译fān yìHSK 4
嗨翻hāi fān
推翻tuī fān
翻新fān xīn
翻番fān fān
翻天覆地fān tiān fù dì
翻来覆去fān lái fù qù

Words with 身

身体shēn tǐHSK 2
一身yī shēn
亲身qīn shēn
人身rén shēn
健身jiàn shēn
全身quán shēn
出身chū shēn
切身qiè shēn

How to Use 翻身 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 翻身 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verb

nán难

yǐ以

fān翻

shēn身

neutral

hard to turn the tables

chè彻

dǐ底

fān翻

shēn身

neutral

a thorough reversal

Verb + Nounwith仗

fān翻

shēn身

zhàng仗

neutral

a comeback battle

Verb + Complementwith做主

fān翻

shēn身

zuò做

zhǔ主

Idiomwith咸鱼

xián咸

yú鱼

fān翻

shēn身

Example Sentences with 翻身

tā他

zài在

chuáng床

shàng上

fān翻

shēn身

。

neutral

stand up and be the master

informal

a complete turnaround

He turned over in bed.

tā他

zhěng整

yè夜

niǎn辗

zhuǎn转

fǎn反

cè侧

，

nán难

yǐ以

fān翻

shēn身

，

sī思

xù绪

wàn万

qiān千

。

He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep, his mind filled with countless thoughts.

zài在

jī激

liè烈

de的

shì市

chǎng场

jìng竞

zhēng争

zhōng中

，

qǐ企

yè业

bì必

xū须

yǒng勇

yú于

biàn变

gé革

cái才

néng能

fān翻

shēn身

。

In the fierce market competition, enterprises must be courageous in reforming to turn their fortunes around.

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jīng经

guò过

nǔ努

lì力

，

tā他

zhōng终

yú于

fān翻

shēn身

le了

，

zhǎo找

dào到

le了

hǎo好

gōng工

zuò作

。

After hard work, he finally turned his life around and found a good job.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bú不

rèn认

wéi为

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù

jǐn尽

guǎn管

miàn面

lín临

zhū诸

duō多

kùn困

nán难

，

dàn

zhè这

jiā家

gōng公

sī司

tōng通

guò过

chuàng创

xīn新

chǎn产

pǐn

tā他

fān翻

shēn身

zuò坐

qǐ起

，

xùn迅

sù速

zhuā抓

qǐ

目

hái还

yǒu有

jī机

huì会

fān翻

shēn身

ma吗

？

Don't you think this project still has a chance to make a comeback?

但

tā他

men们

cóng从

wèi未

fàng放

qì弃

fān翻

shēn身

de的

jī机

huì会

。

Despite facing numerous difficulties, they never gave up the opportunity to turn things around.

品

chéng成

gōng功

fān翻

shēn身

，

chóng重

xīn新

yíng赢

dé得

le了

shì市

chǎng场

。

This company successfully turned around by innovating products and regained its market position.

起

shǒu手

jī机

chá查

kàn看

nà那

tiáo条

jǐn紧

jí急

xiāo消

xī息

。

He turned over and sat up, quickly grabbing his phone to check that urgent message.