翻兩番
fān​liǎng​fān

to quadruple

  • created sense approved 翻两番/翻兩番 · fān​liǎng​fān · to quadruple — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    翻两番 / 翻兩番

    fān​liǎng​fān

    to quadruple

    to quadruple; to double and redouble. Originally used in mahjong, this term is now commonly used in finance and economics to describe an increase of four times the original amount.

    翻, 两番

    翻 (literal) → 翻 · fān · to multiply 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · two 番 (literal) → 番 · fān · [classifier]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense