翻桌 (fānzhuō): to flip a table over (in anger)

Meanings

1 to flip a table over (in anger)
2 (at a restaurant) to turn over a table — i.e. complete one cycle of diners and seat the next group

Characters

翻

Examples

这家小餐厅周末能翻桌好几次。

Zhè jiā xiǎo cāntīng zhōumò néng fānzhuō hǎo jǐ cì.

This little restaurant turns its tables several times on weekends.

他听到这话，气得差点翻桌。

Tā tīngdào zhè huà, qì de chàdiǎn fānzhuō.

When he heard that, he was so angry he almost flipped the table.

Tips

usage

Two very different senses, both literal: (1) the rage gesture of physically flipping a table; (2) restaurant industry jargon for 'turning' a table — how many groups of diners use the same table in one day. 翻桌率 (fānzhuō lǜ) is a key metric for restaurants.