fān liǎn
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  • v.turn against; fall out; suddenly turn hostile

    • liǎng kǒu zi cóng lái bù fān liǎn

      两口子从来翻脸

      The couple has never fallen out.

    • fān liǎn wú qíng

      翻脸无情

      coldly turn against

    • wèi xiǎo shì fān liǎn

      小事翻脸

      fall out over trifles

    • nán dào fēi yào fān liǎn ma

      难道非要翻脸

      Wasn't some sort of falling-out inevitable?

    • tā men yǐ jīng fān liǎn le

      他们已经翻脸

      They've fallen out.

    • fān liǎn jiù bù rèn rén

      翻脸

      turn against a friend

    • měi guó de fān liǎn shì duì liǎng guó tè shū guān xi de hǎn jiàn nì zhuǎn zhè zhǒng guān xi jǐ shí nián lái yī zhí shì xī fāng zhèng cè de zhī zhù

      美国翻脸特殊关系罕见逆转关系一直西方政策支柱

      The U.S. condemnation is a rare reversal of the special relationship that has been the backbone of Western policy for decades.

    • tā shì rú cǐ xū róng kuáng wàng nìng kě hé rén fān liǎn yǒu xiào hua què bù néng bù shuō

      如此虚荣狂妄宁可翻脸笑话

      He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.

Word usage

  • "翻" and "脸" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 我们突然

      He suddenly turned hostile during our talk.

    • 因为一点小事

      He turned against me due to some trifles.

    • 从来

      I have never turned against her.