Gǎigé kāifàng yǐlái, Zhōngguó fāshēng le fāntiān-fùdì de biànhuà.
Since reform and opening up, China has undergone earth-shattering changes.
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memory
Literally 'flip the sky, overturn the earth' - the change is so massive that heaven and earth switch places. Almost always paired with 变化 (change).
usage
Overwhelmingly used in the collocation 翻天覆地的变化 (earth-shattering changes). Very common in Chinese media when describing national development or historical transformations.
