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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
p+ái·2nd tonesh+ān·1st toned+ǎo·3rd toneh+ǎi·3rd tone
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lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) · fig. overwhelming · earth-shattering · in a spectacular mess翻江倒海fān jiāng dǎo hǎisky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion · everything turned on its head翻天覆地fān tiān fù dìmajestic · awesome · full of power and grandeur雄壮xióng zhuànglit. to move mountains and drain seas · to transform nature移山倒海yí shān dǎo hǎiearth-shattering掀天揭地xiān tiān jiē dì(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) · (fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive铺天盖地pū tiān gài dì
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