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

HSK 7-9
Nàge zhǔbō zhíbō dàihuò fānchē le.
That livestreamer's product promotion went horribly wrong.
HSK 7-9
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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