fān
liǎn

common
verb

Meaning of 翻脸

翻脸 means to suddenly turn hostile; to fall out with someone. Pronounced fān liǎn.

  • to suddenly turn hostile; to fall out with someone

Definitions & Examples

Wèi
le
diǎn
xiǎo
shì
 
jiù
gēn
fān
liǎn
le
 

Over a trivial matter, he suddenly turned hostile toward me.

zhè
rén
shuō
fān
liǎn
jiù
fān
liǎn
 
háo
zhēng
zhào
 

He is the kind of person who falls out with people at the drop of a hat, without any warning.

Liǎng
kǒu
zi
cóng
lái
méi
fān
guo
liǎn
 

The couple has never had a falling out.

jiǎn
zhí
shì
fān
liǎn
qíng
 
wàng
le
men
duō
nián
de
jiāo
qing
 

He turned hostile and heartless, forgetting our friendship of many years.

Zài
miàn
qián
 
fān
liǎn
rèn
rén
 

When faced with personal gain, he immediately turned his back on people.