翻箱倒笼 — “To search high and low”
翻箱倒笼 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to search high and low”. To rummage through everything; to turn over chests and cupboards in a thorough search. Literally, “turn over chests and empty cupboards”.
翻箱倒笼 Pronunciation and Pinyin
翻箱倒笼 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 翻箱倒笼
Origin and Story of 翻箱倒笼
After Jia Baoyu returned from his grandmother's place, he was very pleased because he had won a poetry and prose contest against Jia Huan and Jia Lan. While changing clothes, Xiren noticed that the 'Psychic Jade' around his neck was missing and asked Baoyu about it.
Baoyu casually made up an excuse to put her off. Xiren then asked the maid Mushen, who realized the matter was no joke. She and the others rummaged through everything, turning over chests and cupboards, but found nothing.
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Synonyms of 翻箱倒笼
More idioms starting with 翻
- fān翻yún云fù覆yǔ雨fickle and manipulative
- fān翻chún唇nòng弄shé舌sow discord with manipulative words
- fān翻fù复wú无cháng常erratic and unpredictable
- fān翻tiān天zuò作dì地cause a great uproar
- fān翻tiān天fù覆dì地tremendous, fundamental, earth-shattering changes
- fān翻tiān天cù蹙dì地overwhelming power or swift mighty force
- fān翻shān山shè涉shuǐ水travel over mountains and waters
- fān翻shān山yuè越lǐng岭traverse mountains and cross ridges
- fān翻shān山yuè越shuǐ水traveling over mountains and rivers
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云fickle and unpredictable
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云fù覆shǒu手yǔ雨fickle and manipulative
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云，，fù覆shǒu手wèi为yǔ雨fickle, manipulative, and unpredictable
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Open the tool →Questions about 翻箱倒笼
What does 翻箱倒笼 mean?
翻箱倒笼 (fān xiāng dǎo lóng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to search high and low”.
How do you pronounce 翻箱倒笼?
翻箱倒笼 is pronounced fān xiāng dǎo lóng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 翻箱倒笼 literally mean?
Literally, 翻箱倒笼 means “turn over chests and empty cupboards”. It is used to mean “to search high and low”.
Where does 翻箱倒笼 come from?
翻箱倒笼 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 翻箱倒笼?
翻：反转；笼：大的竹箱。形容彻底搜寻、查检