天搖地轉 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves
  2. momentous changes are underway (idiom)

CHARACTERS

天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
搖 yáo wag, swing, wave; shake; scull
地 dì
HSK 3
earth; soil, ground; region
轉 zhuǎn shift, move, turn