What does 翻箱倒柜 in Chinese mean?

What is the meaning of the word 翻箱倒柜 in Chinese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use 翻箱倒柜 in Chinese.

The word 翻箱倒柜 in Chinese means to make a thorough search (idiom), to overturn trunks and boxes. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 翻箱倒柜

to make a thorough search (idiom)

to overturn trunks and boxes

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女人 不 应该 翻箱倒柜 地 搜 垃圾桶 怎么回事 ?
Ladies shouldn't rummage in trash.
搜查人员在他的家里残暴地翻箱倒柜,并向家庭成员吼叫,同时用枪支顶着若干名家庭成员,包括妇女和儿童。
The agents had brutally ransacked the home while shouting at the family members and holding several of them, including women and children, at gunpoint
爸爸看见他们在房间和阁楼翻箱倒柜,就猜想到这一定是跟我的宗教有关。
When my father saw how the soldiers were rummaging through all the rooms and the attic, he guessed that it had something to do with my faith.
翻 箱 倒 柜 也 找 不出 什 么? 东 西
Not that I could tell from her underwear drawer
尼克松发表悼念胡佛的电视讲话,他的幕僚进入胡佛办公室,翻箱倒柜地寻找胡佛传闻中的“机密”文件,但什么也没找到。
Nixon gives a memorial speech on television for Hoover, while several members of his staff enter Hoover's office and search through the cabinets and drawers in search of his rumored "confidential" files, but find nothing.
我 不 希望 你 再 在 我 的 壁橱 里 翻箱倒柜 地 寻找 了
I don't want you rummaging around in my closets anymore.
父亲死后,她翻箱倒柜要找出父亲的圣经。
Her father had a Bible that she loved to read, and when he died, she searched his house to find it.
他们把Saleh博士和她的家人锁在阳台上,就开始翻箱倒柜进行搜查,然后把她带上1辆军用吉普车。
Saleh and her family on the balcony, they ransacked the house before putting her in a military jeep.
你本来打算去运动,可是要翻箱倒柜才能找到球鞋,实在太麻烦了。
You planned to exercise today, but even digging through the closet for your running shoes seems like too much work!
还有的在屋内翻箱倒柜,东西到处乱扔。
St. Michael's attempt was notorious, and fresh in the minds of all.
在生产这些ROM版本的负责人发现,通过一个仓库世嘉翻箱倒柜.
The person in charge of production of these ROM versions found rummaging through a warehouse Sega.
还有的在屋内翻箱倒柜,东西到处乱扔。
There are 200 in the Strombolo, and 120 in the Scorpion."
翻箱倒柜地搜寻一番后,我找到了一张世界时区图、一张磁偏角图以及显示 4 月、5 月和 6 月大西洋盛行风的其它地图。
Rummaging around still farther, I locate a time-zone chart of the world, a chart of magnetic variation, and others showing prevailing winds over the Atlantic for April, May, and June.

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