天崩地裂 tiān bēng dì liè

DEFINITIONS

  1. heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. fig. violent revolution
  3. major social upheaval

CHARACTERS

天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
崩 bēng
HSK 6
rupture, split apart, collapse
地 dì
HSK 3
earth; soil, ground; region
裂 liè
HSK 6
split, crack, break open; rend