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倒海翻江

Word · Idiom

turn the seas and rivers upside down; describe immense power or momentum

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

idiom

to overturn seas and rivers; earth-shattering; with immense power and momentum

literary

This idiom is synonymous with 【翻江倒海】 and is used to describe something with overwhelming force or massive scale.

Gǎi改
gé革
de的
làng浪
cháo潮
dǎo倒
hǎi海
fān翻
jiāng江
 ,
shì势
bù不
kě可
dǎng挡
 。

The tide of reform is earth-shattering and unstoppable.

Tā他
de的
nà那
fān番
huà话
zài在
wǒ我
xīn心
zhōng中
jī激
qǐ起
le了
dǎo倒
hǎi海
fān翻
jiāng江
bān般
de的
bō波
lán澜
 。

His words stirred up a storm in my heart.