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翻江倒海

fān jiāng dǎo hǎi

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. overwhelming
  3. 3. earth-shattering
  4. 4. in a spectacular mess

Child Words of 翻江倒海

海
hǎi

ocean

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

翻
fān

to turn over

江
jiāng

river