移山倒海 (yí shān dǎo hǎi) | Meaning: lit. to move mountains and drain seas | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning · fig. huge changes in the world天旋地转tiān xuán dì zhuàn

lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering · fig. gigantic · of spectacular significance排山倒海pái shān dǎo hǎi

heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster · fig. violent revolution · major social upheaval天崩地裂tiān bēng dì liè

lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition · task of Sisyphus · determination in the face of impossible odds精卫填海Jīng wèi tián hǎi

lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) · fig. overwhelming · earth-shattering · in a spectacular mess翻江倒海fān jiāng dǎo hǎi

(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale大张旗鼓dà zhāng qí gǔ

lit. to move mountains and drain seas · to transform nature

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