人仰马翻 — Chinese idiom
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
Traditional: 人仰馬翻
Meaning
- to suffer a crushing defeat
- in a pitiful state
- in a complete mess
- to roll (with laughter)
Character by character
- 人rénman, person; people
- 仰yǎngraise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admir
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 翻fānto upset, to capsize, to flip over
Idioms sharing a character
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 人丁兴旺 rén dīng xīng wàng
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