人仰馬翻

Chinese

		man; person; people	look up	horse; surname	flit about; translate; turn over
trad. (人仰馬翻)		人	仰	馬	翻
simp. (人仰马翻)		人	仰	马	翻
Literally: “humans and horses thrown off their feet”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rényǎngmǎfān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ joeng⁵ maa⁵ faan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rényǎngmǎfān [Phonetic: rényángmǎfān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rényǎngmǎfan
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-yang³-ma³-fan¹
    • Yale: rén-yǎng-mǎ-fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyeangmaafan
    • Palladius: жэньянмафань (žɛnʹjanmafanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ joeng⁵ maa⁵ faan¹
    • Yale: yàhn yéuhng máh fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ joeng⁵ maa⁵ faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yêng⁵ ma⁵ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jœːŋ¹³ maː¹³ faːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

人仰馬翻

1. to be utterly routed; to suffer a crushing defeat
2. in a complete mess

Synonyms

• 馬翻人仰／马翻人仰 (mǎfānrényǎng)
• 馬仰人翻／马仰人翻 (mǎyǎngrénfān)