翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
Pinyin

Definition

翻天覆地
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fān tiān fù dì
  1. sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. everything turned on its head

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
zuó tiān
  1. 1 yesterday
shàng tiān
  1. 1 Heaven
  2. 2 Providence
  3. 3 God
  4. 4 the day before
  5. 5 the sky above
  6. 6 to fly to the sky
  7. 7 to take off and fly into space
  8. 8 to die
  9. 9 to pass away
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
Yǐ tiān Tú lóng Jì
  1. 1 Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jīn Yōng] and its screen adaptations
Nèi dì
  1. 1 mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)
  2. 2 Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
dōng tiān
  1. 1 winter
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
lěng tiān
  1. 1 cold weather
  2. 2 cold season
qián tiān
  1. 1 the day before yesterday
bàn tiān
  1. 1 half of the day
  2. 2 a long time
  3. 3 quite a while
  4. 4 midair
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
yuán dì
  1. 1 (in) the original place
  2. 2 the place where one currently is
  3. 3 place of origin
  4. 4 local (product)

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
  1. 1 lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
  2. 2 frequently
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
不啻天渊
bù chì tiān yuān
  1. 1 no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely
  2. 2 worlds apart
  3. 3 the gap couldn't be bigger
不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián
  1. 1 to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì
  1. 1 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
人杰地灵
rén jié dì líng
  1. 1 illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
人外有人,天外有天
rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
  1. 1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature

Sample Sentences

你明显歧视中国农民嘛!现在农民的生活可是起了翻天覆地的变化。国家已经取消了农业税,外国农民可是要交很多税的哦!政府还提高了粮食收购价,农民再也不是靠天吃饭了。而且现在农民也懂得市场规律了,什么好卖种什么。没听说过吗,还有城里人去农村包地种红薯,都发了!
nǐ míngxiǎn qíshì Zhōngguó nóngmín ma !xiànzài nóngmín de shēnghuó kěshì qǐ le fāntiānfùdì de biànhuà 。guójiā yǐjīng qǔxiāo le nóngyèshuì ,wàiguó nóngmín kěshì yào jiāo hěn duō shuì de o !zhèngfǔ hái tígāo le liángshi shōugòu jià ,nóngmín zài yě bù shì kào tiān chīfàn le 。érqiě xiànzài nóngmín yě dǒngde shìchǎng guīlǜ le ,shénme hǎo mài zhòng shénme 。méi tīngshuō guò ma ,hái yǒu chénglǐrén qù nóngcūn bāodì zhǒng hóngshǔ ,dōu fā le !
Obviously, you look down on Chinese farmers. There have been earth-shaking changes in farmers' lives recently. The government has abolished the agricultural tax-- farmers in other countries have to pay so much in taxes! The government has also raised the purchase price of grain, so farmers will never again have to rely on Nature to eat. And modern farmers understand the laws of the market, so they plant things that will sell well. Haven't you heard: there are urban dwellers who go to the villages, rent land, and plant sweet potatoes, and they've gotten rich on it!