翻天覆地 (fān tiān fù dì) — (idiom) earth-shattering change; complete transformation; upheaval
Definición
An idiom emphasizing the SCALE of a change — 'earth-shattering, world-upending.' Like 惊天动地, it stresses the shock and magnitude of an event, not the resulting disorder (compare 动荡, which describes an ongoing unstable state).
idiom
earth-shattering changecomplete transformationupheaval
Ejemplos
- ，翻天覆地。Guò qù shí nián, zhè lǐ fā shēng le fān tiān fù dì de biàn huà.Over the past ten years, earth-shattering changes have taken place here.
- 翻天覆地。Zhè chǎng gǎi gé ràng zhěng gè háng yè fān tiān fù dì.This reform turned the entire industry upside down.
- 翻天覆地。Tā de shēng huó jīng lì le fān tiān fù dì de jù biàn.His life has undergone a complete transformation.
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