Meaning of 惊天动地
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jīngtiāndòngdì
- (idiom) world-shaking
惊天动地 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
不要觉得真诚的爱必需惊天动地。我们需要的，是不会倦怠的爱。
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
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惊 jīng · to startle · 11 strokes
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes
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地 de · -ly · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 惊天动地.
| 地方 | dìfang | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; the present time; now |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 动作 | dòngzuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 地上 | dìshang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 地点 | dìdiǎn | place; site |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 地图 | dìtú | map |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 后天 | hòutiān | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie |
Questions about 惊天动地
What does 惊天动地 mean?
惊天动地 (jīngtiān-dòngdì) means "(idiom) world-shaking".
How do you write 惊天动地?
惊天动地 is made of 4 characters: 惊 (11 strokes), 天 (4 strokes), 动 (6 strokes), 地 (6 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.
Is 惊天动地 an HSK word?
Yes. 惊天动地 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 惊天动地 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 惊天动地 is written 驚天動地.