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Mandarin · pinyin fān zhuō

to flip a table over (in a fit of anger)
(at a restaurant) to turn over a table (i.e. to complete a cycle from the seating of one group of diners until the arrival of another group at the same table)

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翻: fān · flip over, upset, capsize
桌: zhuō · table, desk, stand

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1–1 · fan1 zhuo1

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