翻江倒海

Traditional form:

翻江倒海

Pinyin (reading):

fānjiāngdǎohǎi

Definitions:

• lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
• fig. overwhelming
• earth-shattering
• in a spectacular mess

Characters:

• 翻 - to upset, to capsize, to flip over
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime

Traditional characters:

• 翻 - to upset, to capsize, to flip over
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime