Word information
Simplified颠簸
Traditional顛簸
Pinyindiānbǒ
Part of speech动
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
颠簸
diānbǒ · to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
Character breakdown
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How to learn 颠簸
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to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
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颠覆diānfùto topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert