| 天翻地覆 |
tiān fān dì fù |
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 翻 |
fān |
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross |
| 翻 |
fān |
variant of 翻 |
| 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 |
| 覆 |
fù |
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize |