翻车

翻車
fānchē
verb #21,031

Meanings

  1. 1 to fail spectacularly
  2. 2 to have something blow up in one's face
  3. 3 to crash and burn (figuratively)

Characters

Literally 'to flip a car' — things go spectacularly wrong, like a vehicle rolling over.

Examples

Nàge zhǔbō zhíbō dàihuò fānchē le.
That livestreamer's product promotion went horribly wrong.
Tā chuīniú tài duō, zhōngyú fānchē le.
He bragged too much and finally got exposed.

Tips

culture
Extremely common online. Used when a celebrity's scandal breaks, a livestreamer makes an embarrassing mistake, or any public figure's carefully maintained image falls apart. Often paired with 人设崩塌.
memory
Picture a speeding car flipping over — that's how dramatic and sudden the failure is. The crash is public and impossible to hide.

Stroke Order

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