惊天动地

驚天動地

jīngtiān-dòngdì

idiom HSK 7-9 #24,698

Meanings

1 earth-shattering
2 world-shaking
3 momentous

Characters

to move; to shake

Examples

那场爆炸发出了惊天动地的巨响。

Nàchǎng bàozhà fāchū le jīngtiāndòngdì de jùxiǎng.

That explosion produced an earth-shattering roar.

他做了一件惊天动地的大事。

Tā zuò le yí jiàn jīngtiāndòngdì de dàshì.

He accomplished something truly earth-shattering.

Tips

memory

惊 (startle) + 天 (heaven) + 动 (move) + 地 (earth) — so shocking it startles heaven and shakes the earth.

Stroke Order

惊 jīng

天 tiān

动 dòng

地 dì