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翻身

English translation: price (doubled)


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17:10 Jun 3, 2010
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Chinese term or phrase: 翻身
大医院一级一个贵,价格它{翻身}你知不知道
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Wilman
United States
Local time: 16:46
English translation:price (doubled)
Explanation:
a very colloquial expression, nonstandard.
I think what the speaker wants to say is "翻番" rather than "翻身" (perhaps it's from a local dialect and similar to 翻番 in meaning).
Latter part of the sentence means "do you know the price has doubled?"
Hope this helps.
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price (doubled)


Explanation:
a very colloquial expression, nonstandard.
I think what the speaker wants to say is "翻番" rather than "翻身" (perhaps it's from a local dialect and similar to 翻番 in meaning).
Latter part of the sentence means "do you know the price has doubled?"
Hope this helps.

Q Yue
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tai Fu: This expression also means "getting the break" which means a turning point in your general circumstances (financial or professional)
5 days
  -> Thank you! One of the meanings of 翻身 given in MS Word is "(改变落后面貌或不利处境) thoroughly change the backwardness of sth". It is the primary meaning of the word but doesn't seem to fit here.
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