tiān fān dì fù

天翻地覆 (tiān fān dì fù) is a Chinese word meaning “sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head”.

Meanings

  1. 1sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2everything turned on its head

Characters in 天翻地覆

天tiān · day翻fān · to turn over地de · -ly覆fù · to cover

Related words

天day今天today地方region地方place; location; area; space; territory地-ly地earth明天tomorrow昨天yesterday每天every day那天that day地球the earth老天God

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