翻車

Chinese
flit about; translate; turn over
 
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (翻車) 翻 車
simp. (翻车) 翻 车

Pronunciation

Verb

翻車

  1. (of a car or vehicle) to flip over; to overturn
  2. (figuratively) to derail; to go south; to take a turn for the worse
    不要這麼盲目自信，不然你遲早會翻車的。 [MSC, trad.]
    不要这么盲目自信，不然你迟早会翻车的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Bùyào zhème mángmù zìxìn, bùrán nǐ chízǎo huì fānchē de. [Pinyin]
    Don't be so overconfident, or things will start to head south for you.

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