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World-shaking (idiom) in Chinese: 惊天动地 (jīng tiān dòng dì)

jīng tiān dòng dì

world-shaking (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 驚天動地1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1world-shaking (idiom)

Stroke order

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惊
天
动
地

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄥ

jīng

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄊㄧㄢ

tiān

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄉㄨㄥˋ

dòng

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄧˋ

dì

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

惊天动地

Simplified

驚天動地

Traditional

Example sentences

See 惊天动地 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他做出了一件惊天动地的大事。

    tā zuò chū le yí jiàn jīng tiān dòng dì de dà shì。

    He accomplished a world-shaking feat.

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Related words

地

de

-ly

动

dòng

(of sth) to move

天

tiān

day

惊

jīng

to startle

今天

jīn tiān

today

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

天气

tiān qì

weather

昨天

zuó tiān

yesterday

运动

yùn dòng

to move

地方

dì fāng

region

地铁

dì tiě

underground railway

地图

dì tú

map

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