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天旋地转

tiānxuándìzhuàn

Traditional: 天旋地轉

the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world

Character Breakdown

天
tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
HSK 1
旋
xuán
to revolve, to orbit, to return
HSK 6
地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
HSK 3
转
zhuǎn
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
HSK 4

Additional Information

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