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翻臉

turn against

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

fan1lian3 • fānliǎn

Meaning

Primary

turn against

Alternatives

become hostile, fall out

Mnemonic

When you 翻臉 turn against someone, you 翻 turn over your 臉 face so your previous smile towards them becomes an angry frown.

Usage

那 個 人 有 可能 翻臉。

That person may turn against us.

他 突然 翻臉 了。

He suddenly turned against (us).