翻然

fānrán
  1. suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)
  2. also written 幡然 fānrán

CEDICT

alternative form of 幡然 (fānrán, “suddenly (describing an action that involves a change)”)

Wiktionary

忽然改變。《文選．陸機．謝平原內史表》：「而一朝翻然更以為罪，蕞爾之生尚不足{[90b2]}，區區本懷，實有可悲。」也作「幡然」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 翻 fān
  1. to turn over
  2. to flip over
  3. to overturn
  4. to rummage through
  5. to translate
  6. to decode
  7. to double
  8. to climb over or into
  9. to cross
=1 翻 fān variant of 翻 fān
2 然 rán
  1. correct
  2. right
  3. so
  4. thus
  5. like this
  6. -ly

Containing this entry

翻然悔悟 fānránhuǐwù
  1. to see the error of one's ways
  2. to make a clean break with one's past

Related entries

幡然 fānrán suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)