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人仰马翻

rén yǎng mǎ fāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-42808596322a7b00. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

人仰馬翻 人仰马翻 [ren2 yang3 ma3 fan1] /to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)/in a pitiful state/in a complete mess/to roll (with laughter)/

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Other forms in these source records: 人仰馬翻

  • 人
  • 仰
    yǎng

    to face upward / to look up / to admire / to rely on

    Yǎng

    surname Yang

  • 马
    mǎ

    horse / CL:匹[pǐ] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

    Mǎ

    surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Mǎ lái xī yà]

  • 翻
    fān

    to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.