翻臉 (faam1 lim5) — fall out; suddenly turn hostile in Cantonese
faamˉ¹翻limˏ₅臉
简 翻脸
Mandarin Pinyin: fan1 lian3
Meaning of 翻臉
nounfall out; suddenly turn hostile
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Example Sentences with 翻臉
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好gam˗₃咁faai˗₃快faanˉ¹翻li2n.臉。
Don't get angry so quickly.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋zikˉ¹即hakˉ¹刻faanˉ¹翻li2n.臉。
They immediately turned hostile.
keoiˏ₅佢datˍ₆突jinˎ₄然gaanˉ¹間faanˉ¹翻li2n.臉。
He suddenly changed his tune.
keoiˏ₅佢wuiˏ₅會mˎ₄唔wuiˏ₅會faanˉ¹翻li2n?臉？
Will he get angry/turn hostile?
gin˗₃見mouˏ₅冇cinˎ₄錢zauˍ₆就faanˉ¹翻li2n.臉。
They turned hostile when they saw no money.
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