翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
Pinyin

Definition

翻天覆地
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fān tiān fù dì
  1. sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. everything turned on its head

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
地
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地址
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

Sample Sentences

你明显歧视中国农民嘛！现在农民的生活可是起了翻天覆地的变化。国家已经取消了农业税，外国农民可是要交很多税的哦！政府还提高了粮食收购价，农民再也不是靠天吃饭了。而且现在农民也懂得市场规律了，什么好卖种什么。没听说过吗，还有城里人去农村包地种红薯，都发了！
nǐ míngxiǎn qíshì Zhōngguó nóngmín ma ！xiànzài nóngmín de shēnghuó kěshì qǐ le fāntiānfùdì de biànhuà 。guójiā yǐjīng qǔxiāo le nóngyèshuì ，wàiguó nóngmín kěshì yào jiāo hěn duō shuì de o ！zhèngfǔ hái tígāo le liángshi shōugòu jià ，nóngmín zài yě bù shì kào tiān chīfàn le 。érqiě xiànzài nóngmín yě dǒngde shìchǎng guīlǜ le ，shénme hǎo mài zhòng shénme 。méi tīngshuō guò ma ，hái yǒu chénglǐrén qù nóngcūn bāodì zhǒng hóngshǔ ，dōu fā le ！
Obviously, you look down on Chinese farmers. There have been earth-shaking changes in farmers' lives recently. The government has abolished the agricultural tax-- farmers in other countries have to pay so much in taxes! The government has also raised the purchase price of grain, so farmers will never again have to rely on Nature to eat. And modern farmers understand the laws of the market, so they plant things that will sell well. Haven't you heard: there are urban dwellers who go to the villages, rent land, and plant sweet potatoes, and they've gotten rich on it!
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