天下鼎沸 tiānxiàdǐngfèi to be in great turmoil Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 天下 tiānxià noun the world the whole world; all of society; everywhere on earth鼎沸 dǐngfèi boiling over noisy and chaotic like a seething cauldron; describes a scene of great commotion or a turbulent political situation