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翻天覆地 (fān tiān fù dì) – sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom)

fān tiān fù dì

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-90 example sentences

Definitions

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

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Related words

地

de

-ly

翻

fān

to turn over

天

tiān

day

今天

jīn tiān

today

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

天气

tiān qì

weather

昨天

zuó tiān

yesterday

地方

dì fāng

region

地铁

dì tiě

underground railway

地图

dì tú

map

当地

dāng dì

local

地球

dì qiú

the earth

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