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
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

  (Pinyin): fāntiānfùdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ tin¹ fuk¹ dei⁶

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• 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/
• 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/

Idiom

翻天覆地

1. to undergo an earth-shattering change

   二十世紀，中國發生了翻天覆地的偉大歷史變革。 [MSC, trad.]
   二十世纪，中国发生了翻天覆地的伟大历史变革。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: Constitution of the People's Republic of China

   Èrshí shìjì, zhōngguó fāshēng le fāntiānfùdì de wěidà lìshǐ biàngé. [Pinyin]

   In the 20th century, momentous historical changes took place in China.