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翻空出奇

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
翻空出奇 fānkōngchūqí	翻空出奇 \| 翻空出奇* \| *翻空出奇	to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
翻	翻 \| 翻* \| *翻	18画羽 + 12	fān	flip over, upset, capsize	faan1	2762.0 HWSMM


空	空 \| 空* \| *空	8画穴 + 3	kōng, kòng, kǒng	empty, hollow, bare, deserted	hung1	3010.1 JCM


出	出 \| 出* \| *出	5画凵 + 3	chū	go out, send out; stand; produce	ceot1	齣 2277.2 UU


奇	奇 \| 奇* \| *奇	8画大 + 5	qí, jī	strange, unusual, uncanny, occult	kei4	4062.1 KMNR

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Simplified		English Definition
翻空出奇 fānkōngchūqí	翻空出奇 \| 翻空出奇* \| *翻空出奇	to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas


翻 fān	翻 \| 翻* \| *翻	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 fān	翻 \| 翻* \| *翻	variant of 翻


空　kōng	空 \| 空* \| *空	empty / air / sky / in vain


空　kòng	空 \| 空* \| *空	to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time


出　　chū	出 \| 出* \| *出	to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc


出　　chū	出 \| 出* \| *出	variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)


出奇　　chūqí	出奇 \| 出奇* \| *出奇	extraordinary / exceptional / unusual


奇　　　jī	奇 \| 奇* \| *奇	odd (number)


奇　　　qí	奇 \| 奇* \| *奇	strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually