汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 天翻地覆
天翻地覆
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
覆 flip over / Describe the huge changes / Also described as being very fierce
①使天地翻转过来。形容变化极大天翻地覆的年代|天翻地覆慨而慷。②形容闹得很凶闹得个天翻地覆。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这些年来岛上的变化天翻地覆

A lot has changed over the years.

如今,这片热土早已是天翻地覆,龙腾虎跃。

Today, this piece of land of has long been turned upside down, hustle and bustle.

你把我们的生活弄的天翻地覆

You've turned my life upside down.

愤怒可以把你的生活搅得天翻地覆

Anger can take over your life!

一顿天翻地覆的寻找之后,我终于找到了一只文胸。

After intense searching I finally found it and put it on.

当布榖遇上说话如连珠炮似的麋鹿爱鹿特,牠的生活便被搞得天翻地覆

Boog's life gets turned upside down when he meets Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer4.

在过去的十年间,全球企业界的食物链次序已经被新兴世界那些来势汹汹的跨国公司搅得天翻地覆

OVER the past decade the world's corporate pecking order has been disturbed by the arrival of a new breed of plucky multinationals from the emerging world.

相比过去,今天的城市已经发生天翻地覆的变化,街道车水马龙,高楼鳞次栉比,24小时里都充满了灯红酒绿,不夜城由此而来。

Compared with the past, today's city has changed greatly, the streets are busy and row upon row of skyscrapers are everywhere. 24-hour cities with bright lights are sleepless.

他们的世界发生了天翻地覆的变化,不是因为他们想离婚,而是因为别人这样做了,所以孩子们感到特别无助。

Their world turns upside down not because they wanted the divorce to happen, but because someone else did, so the kids feel extra helpless.

然而,在林殊17岁时,他父亲带领的赤焰军遭奸人陷害,以致全军覆没,他的生活也从此天翻地覆

At age 17, however, Lin Shu's life turned upside down when his father's army was framed and obliterated by a scheming political rival.