Definition & Meaning

1.tremendous shaking changes; earthshaking changes

2.total disorder or confusion; social or political upheaval; make an awful disturbance

Word usage

tiān fān dì fù

天 翻 地 覆

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1
sltremendous shaking changes; earthshaking changes
- tiān fān dì fù de shí dài
  天翻地覆的时代
  period of earth-shattering changes
- zhè jǐ nián cūn li fā shēng le tiān fān dì fù de biàn huà
  这几年村里发生了天翻地覆的变化。
  Great changes have taken place in the village in the past few years.
- yī lián chuàn duō méi tǐ jì shù de wèn shì lìng zhěng gè shì jiè fā shēng le tiān fān dì fù de biàn huà
  一连串多媒体技术的问世令整个世界发生了天翻地覆的变化。
  The world is being turned upside down by the string of multimedia technologies.
synonym
fān tiān fù dì翻天覆地 cāng hǎi sāng tián沧海桑田
antonym
yī chéng bù biàn一成不变
2
sltotal disorder or confusion; social or political upheaval; make an awful disturbance
- nào de tiān fān dì fù
  闹得天翻地覆
  cause great disturbance
- wǒ men zuó tiān wǎn shang chǎo le gè tiān fān dì fù
  我们昨天晚上吵了个天翻地覆。
  We had a furious row last night.
synonym
fān tiān fù dì翻天覆地

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