fān jiāng dǎo hǎi

翻江倒海 (fān jiāng dǎo hǎi) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); fig. overwhelming; earth-shattering”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
  2. 2fig. overwhelming
  3. 3earth-shattering
  4. 4in a spectacular mess

Characters in 翻江倒海

翻fān · to turn over江jiāng · river倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally海hǎi · ocean

Related words

倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back海ocean海surname Hai翻to turn over翻variant of 翻[fan1]海滩beach海军navy海盗pirate倒霉to have bad luck海岸coastal大海sea

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