翻身

fān shēn

Meaning

• to turn over (when lying)
• to free oneself
• to emancipate oneself
• to bring about a change of one's fortunes

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Example sentences

• 永世不得翻身。

  yǒng shì bù dé fān shēn。

  They will never be able to turn their lives around.

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• HSK 3.0 · Levels 7-9
• TOCFL · Level 5