tiān​fān​dì​fù

earthshaking

  • created reference approved 天翻地覆 → 地覆天翻 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天翻地覆 tiān​fān​dì​fù

    地覆天翻 dì​fù​tiān​fān

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天翻地覆 · tiān​fān​dì​fù · earthshaking — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天翻地覆

    tiān​fān​dì​fù

    earthshaking

    Describing a radical or massive change; as if the sky and earth have been turned upside down.

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 翻 (literal) → 翻 · fān · to turn over 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth 覆 (literal) → 复/覆 · fù · to overturn

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 天翻地覆 · tiān​fān​dì​fù · complete confusion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天翻地覆

    tiān​fān​dì​fù

    complete confusion

    Describing a state of total chaos or great disorder; everything turned on its head.

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 翻 (literal) → 翻 · fān · to turn over 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth 覆 (literal) → 复/覆 · fù · to overturn

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense