| 天旋地转 |
tiān xuán dì zhuàn |
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 旋 |
xuán |
to revolve / a loop / a circle |
| 旋 |
xuàn |
to whirl / immediately / variant of 镟 |
| 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 |