天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù

great upheaval; total chaos

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 16120th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
翻 fān HSK 4
to turn over; to flip over; to translate
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly
覆 fù HSK 6
again; to repeat; to reply