翻空出奇 — Chinese idiom
翻空出奇
fān kōng chū qí
Meaning
- to overturn empty convention, and display originality ; new and different ideas
Character by character
- 翻fānto upset, to capsize, to flip over
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 奇qístrange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
Idioms sharing a character
- 人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān
- 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù
- 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì
- 翻山越岭 fān shān yuè lǐng
- 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
- 翻箱倒柜 fān xiāng dǎo guì
- 翻箱倒箧 fān xiāng dǎo qiè
- 翻老皇历 fān lǎo huáng lì
- 翻云覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ
- 咸鱼翻身 xián yú fān shēn
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