Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

陰溝裡翻船

yīngōulǐfānchuán

ㄧㄣ ㄍㄡ ㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄢ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

Simplified 阴沟里翻船

  1. 1to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
  2. 2to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

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