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Definition(s) for: 翻天覆地

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì - sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
- everything turned on its head

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 18,331 25,980 30,326

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
fān- variant of 翻[fan1]
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to reply to a letter
- to cover
- to overflow
- to overturn
- to capsize
de- -ly
- structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
- CL:片[pian4]

Other Words Containing 翻天覆地

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
翻天覆地 - 8 18,331 25,980 30,326