翻箱倒櫃 [－－－柜]

Jyutping faan1 soeng1 dou2 gwai6
Pinyin fān xiāng dǎo guì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. to make a thorough search (idiom)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to overturn trunks and boxes, to make a thorough search
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我在宿舍里翻箱倒柜地找手纸。最后还是不得不跑到隔壁宿舍去了。
    我在宿舍裏翻箱倒櫃地找手紙。最後還是不得不跑到隔壁宿舍去了。
    wǒ zài sù shè lǐ fān xiāng dǎo guì de zhǎo shǒu zhǐ ． zuì hòu hái shì bù dé bù pǎo dào gé bì sù shè qù le ．
    • I looked all over the dormitory for some toilet paper. In the end, I was forced to go to the dormitory next door.