翻天覆地
Chinese
| to turn the world upside down; to have a massive impact | to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize |
earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly | ||
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| trad. (翻天覆地) | 翻天 | 覆 | 地 | |
| simp. #(翻天覆地) | 翻天 | 覆 | 地 | |
| anagrams | 地覆天翻 天翻地覆 | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fāntiānfùdì
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fantianfùdì
- Wade–Giles: fan1-tʻien1-fu4-ti4
- Yale: fān-tyān-fù-dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fantianfuhdih
- Palladius: фаньтяньфуди (fanʹtjanʹfudi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faan1 tin1 fuk1 dei6
- Yale: fāan tīn fūk deih
- Cantonese Pinyin: faan1 tin1 fuk7 dei6
- Guangdong Romanization: fan1 tin1 fug1 déi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵ tei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
翻天覆地
- to undergo an earth-shattering change