The word 推翻 is formed through the logical combination of two meaningful characters: 推 (tuī), meaning "to push", and 翻 (fān), meaning "to overturn" or "to turn over". It is constructed by placing the action first and its intended dramatic result second, creating a vivid cause-and-effect sequence. This pairing visually and conceptually depicts the act of pushing something to the point where it completely capsizes or falls, a concrete image that is then extended metaphorically to mean "to overthrow" or "to topple", as in overthrowing a government or disproving a theory. The formation relies on this intuitive, almost pictorial, progression of events to convey its complete meaning.