天旋地轉

See also: 天旋地转

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (天旋地轉)		天	旋	地	轉
simp. (天旋地转)		天	旋	地	转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxuándìzhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxuándìzhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansyuándìjhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsüan²-ti⁴-chuan³
    • Yale: tyān-sywán-dì-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshyuandihjoan
    • Palladius: тяньсюаньдичжуань (tjanʹsjuanʹdičžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

天旋地轉

1. to feel as if the sky and earth were spinning round; to feel very dizzy
2. the world is turned upside down (as the result of major political turmoil)