翻天

fāntiān

verb #17,664

Meanings

1 to turn everything upside down
2 to cause havoc

Characters

to flip; to turn over

Examples

孩子们把家里闹翻天了。

Háizimen bǎ jiālǐ nào fāntiān le.

The kids turned the house upside down.

这件事在网上闹翻天了。

Zhè jiàn shì zài wǎngshàng nào fāntiān le.

This matter blew up all over the internet.

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usage

Most commonly paired with 闹 (nào) as 闹翻天 meaning 'to raise a huge ruckus.' Also appears in the idiom 翻天覆地 (fāntiānfùdì, earth-shattering).

Stroke Order

翻 fān

天 tiān