翻天覆地 meaning in English
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
HSK 7-946 strokes
Meaning of 翻天覆地
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
fāntiānfùdì
- sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
- everything turned on its head
翻天覆地 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
相比二十年前的日本，现在的日本有了翻天覆地的变化。
Japan is now very different from what it was twenty years ago.
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翻 fān · to turn over · 18 strokes
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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覆 fù · to cover · 18 strokes
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地 de · -ly · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 翻天覆地.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 半天 | bàntiān | half of the day; a long time |
Questions about 翻天覆地
What does 翻天覆地 mean?
翻天覆地 (fāntiān-fùdì) means "sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head".
How do you write 翻天覆地?
翻天覆地 is made of 4 characters: 翻 (18 strokes), 天 (4 strokes), 覆 (18 strokes), 地 (6 strokes). That is 46 strokes in total.
Is 翻天覆地 an HSK word?
Yes. 翻天覆地 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.