天翻地覆 tiānfāndìfù turmoil Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (2) All meanings 2 tiānfāndìfù 2 turmoil 1upheaval 1 2 sentences 几个顽皮的孩子把家里闹得天翻地覆。 jǐ gè wánpí de háizi bǎ jiā lǐ nào de tiānfāndìfù. A few naughty children turned the house upside down. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary改革开放四十年来,中国的面貌发生了天翻地覆的变化。 gǎigékāifàng sìshí nián lái, Zhōngguó de miànmào fāshēng le tiānfāndìfù de biànhuà. Over the past forty years of reform and opening up, China has undergone earth-shaking changes. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary