天翻地覆

tiān fān dì fù

C1–C2 Level 7

天翻地覆 (tiān fān dì fù) is a Chinese word meaning “sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. everything turned on its head

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).