fān
tiān

common
verb
idiom

Meaning of 翻天

翻天 means to raise a tremendous ruckus; to be extremely noisy and chaotic; to rebel; to overturn the heavens (a metaphor for rebelling against authority or existing order). Pronounced fān tiān.

  • to raise a tremendous ruckus; to be extremely noisy and chaotic
  • to rebel; to overturn the heavens (a metaphor for rebelling against authority or existing order)

Definitions & Examples

Hái
zi
men
zài
tīng
nào
fān
le
tiān
 

The children raised a huge ruckus in the living room.

Jiù
wèi
zhè
diǎn
xiǎo
shì
 
men
chǎo
fān
tiān
 
zhí
ma
 

Is it worth it to argue so fiercely over such a trivial matter?

xuān
zhí
 
bàn
gōng
shì
jiù
fān
le
tiān
 

The moment he announced his resignation, the office erupted in chaos.