翻箱倒笼
fān​xiāng​dǎo​lóng

rummage through

  • created sense approved 翻箱倒笼/翻箱倒籠 · fān​xiāng​dǎo​lóng · rummage through — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    翻箱倒笼 / 翻箱倒籠

    fān​xiāng​dǎo​lóng

    rummage through

    to turn over boxes and empty out baskets; to make a thorough search or rummage through everything

    翻 (literal) → 翻 · fān · to rummage 箱 (literal) → 箱 · xiāng · box 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · to pour 笼 (literal) → 笼/籠 · lǒng · chest

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

    created sense