天旋地转

Traditional: 天旋地轉

tiān xuán dì zhuàn

Dictionary entry

the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning

What does 天旋地转 mean?

天旋地转 (tiān xuán dì zhuàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning

2fig. huge changes in the world

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天tiānday · sky 旋xuánto revolve · a loop 地de-ly · structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct 转zhuǎisee 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]

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天旋地转

tiān xuán dì zhuàn

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