阴沟里翻船

Traditional: 陰溝裡翻船

yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán

Dictionary entry

to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)

What does 阴沟里翻船 mean?

阴沟里翻船 (yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)

2to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

Character breakdown

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阴Yīnsurname Yin 沟gōuditch · gutter 里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]翻fānto turn over · to flip over 船chuánvariant of 船[chuan2]

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阴沟里翻船

yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán

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