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翻天覆地

fāntiān-fùdì

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion

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Meaning of 翻天覆地 in English

fāntiān-fùdìHSK 7–9Syllabus #6465
  1. sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. everything turned on its head

Example sentences

  1. 相比二十年前的日本，现在的日本有了翻天覆地的变化。
    xiāng bǐ èr shí nián qián de rì běn， xiàn zài de rì běn yǒu le fān tiān fù dì de biàn huà。
    Japan is now very different from what it was twenty years ago.
    Tatoeba #8780279 by crescat · #281470 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Characters

翻 on its own →
fān · to turn over

HSK words with 翻

翻译HSK 4翻HSK 5翻番HSK 7–9翻身HSK 7–9翻新HSK 7–9推翻HSK 7–9翻来覆去HSK 7–9
天 on its own →
tiān · day

HSK words with 天

天HSK 1白天HSK 1今天HSK 1明天HSK 1天气HSK 1昨天HSK 1星期天HSK 1半天HSK 3春天HSK 3冬天HSK 3
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HSK words with 覆

覆盖HSK 6颠覆HSK 7–9翻来覆去HSK 7–9

HSK words with 地

地HSK 2地铁HSK 2草地HSK 3地点HSK 3地方HSK 3地图HSK 3外地HSK 3地球HSK 4地址HSK 4各地HSK 4

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences