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Definition(s) for: 翻箱倒柜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
翻箱倒柜 fān xiāng dǎo guì - to overturn trunks and boxes
- to make a thorough search (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 31,321 17,888 6,654

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fān- to turn over
- to flip over
- to overturn
- to rummage through
- to translate
- to decode
- to double
- to climb over or into
- to cross
fān- variant of 翻[fan1]
xiāng- box
- trunk
- chest
dǎo- to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
- to fail; to go bankrupt
- to overthrow
- to change (trains or buses)
- to move around
- to resell at a profit
dào- to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
- to pour out
- to tip out; to dump
- inverted; upside down; reversed
- to go backward
- contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
guì- variant of 櫃|柜[gui4]
- Salix multinervis
guì- cupboard
- cabinet
- wardrobe

Other Words Containing 翻箱倒柜

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
翻箱倒柜 - - 31,321 17,888 6,654