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翻車

简翻车 · 繁翻車

Mandarin · pinyin fān chē

(of a vehicle) to flip over
(fig.) to go wrong; to flop

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翻: fān · flip over, upset, capsize
車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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1–1 · fan1 che1

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verb

(of a car or vehicle) to flip over; to overturn
(figurative) to derail; to go south; to take a turn for the worse
(transgender slang, humorous, often of an egg) to crack; to start one's transition

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