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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rényǎngmǎfān [Phonetic: rényángmǎfān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyeangmaafan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ i̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ joeng⁵ maa⁵ faan¹
  - Yale: yàhn yéuhng máh fāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ joeng⁵ maa⁵ faan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yêng⁵ ma⁵ fan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jœːŋ¹³ maː¹³ faːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

人仰馬翻

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

Synonyms

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

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