翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì

huge change; turned upside down

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 18483rd 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
翻 fān HSK 4
to turn over; to flip over; to translate
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
覆 fù HSK 6
again; to repeat; to reply
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly