翻空出奇

to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas

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

variant of 翻[fan1]

empty / air / sky / in vain

to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)

extraordinary / exceptional / unusual

odd (number)

strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually