# 翻天覆地 (fāntiānfùdì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 翻天覆地 (fāntiānfùdì) means “world-shaking; radical change”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: world-shaking; radical change
- Pinyin: fāntiānfùdì (fan1 tian1 fu4 di4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 家乡发生了翻天覆地的变化。
  Jiāxiāng fāshēngle fāntiānfùdì de biànhuà.
  Our hometown has undergone tremendous changes.

## Characters

- [翻](https://hanziro.com/word/fan-turn-over/) (fān): to turn over; to flip over
- [天](https://hanziro.com/word/tian-day/) (tiān): day; sky
- 覆 (fù): to cover; to overflow
- [地](https://hanziro.com/word/de-adverbial-marker/) (de): (particle) adverbial marker

https://hanziro.com/word/fan-tian-fu-di-world-shaking/

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