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翻箱倒箧

fān xiāng dǎo qiè

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Definitions

  1. 1. to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2. to make a thorough search (idiom)

Child Words of 翻箱倒箧

箧
qiè

chest

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

箱
xiāng

box

翻
fān

to turn over