翻腾

翻

fa̅n

腾

騰

téng

to turn over / to surge / to churn / to rummage / raging (torrent)

Characters and words in 翻腾

翻

fa̅n = f + an1

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

翻 = 番 + 羽 : In front of the anthill (an1), Frankenstein's Monster (f) is flipping over (翻) his tomatoes (番) very, very carefully. In order not to damage them he always turns them over on a few feathers (羽).

翻

飜

fa̅n = f + an1

variant of 翻[fan1]

腾

騰

téng = t + (e)ng2

to soar / to gallop / to prance / to turn over / to vacate / to clear

腾 = 关 + 月 + 马 : The moon (月) is tossing from side to side (折腾) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). Tecumseh (t) is galloping (腾) by on a unicorn (马) trying to hit the moon's off-button (关).