天摇地转 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

天 tiān sky, heaven; god, celestial
摇 yáo wag, swing, wave; shake; scull
地 dì earth; soil, ground; region
转 zhuǎn shift, move, turn