| 天摇地转 |
tiān yáo dì zhuǎn |
lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves / momentous changes are underway (idiom) |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 摇 |
Yáo |
surname Yao |
| 摇 |
yáo |
to shake / to rock / to row / to crank |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |
| 转 |
zhuǎi |
see 转文 |
| 转 |
zhuǎn |
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) |
| 转 |
zhuàn |
to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions |