翻江搅海 — “To create a huge commotion or stir”
翻江搅海 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to create a huge commotion or stir”. To cause a great disturbance; to have immense power or momentum (literally, to overturn rivers and stir up seas). It can also describe making a complete mess of things. Literally, “Overturn rivers and stir up seas”.
翻江搅海 Pronunciation and Pinyin
翻江搅海 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 翻江搅海
Idioms Related to 翻江搅海
More idioms starting with 翻
- fān翻yún云fù覆yǔ雨fickle and manipulative
- fān翻chún唇nòng弄shé舌sow discord with manipulative words
- fān翻fù复wú无cháng常erratic and unpredictable
- fān翻tiān天zuò作dì地cause a great uproar
- fān翻tiān天fù覆dì地tremendous, fundamental, earth-shattering changes
- fān翻tiān天cù蹙dì地overwhelming power or swift mighty force
- fān翻shān山shè涉shuǐ水travel over mountains and waters
- fān翻shān山yuè越lǐng岭traverse mountains and cross ridges
- fān翻shān山yuè越shuǐ水traveling over mountains and rivers
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云fickle and unpredictable
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云fù覆shǒu手yǔ雨fickle and manipulative
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云，，fù覆shǒu手wèi为yǔ雨fickle, manipulative, and unpredictable
Recommended tools
Bingo Cards
Picture and word Bingo for your class
Open the tool →
Picture Worksheets
Chinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets
Open the tool →
Chinese Text Image Generator
Create PNGs with pinyin, highlight character parts or remove strokes
Open the tool →
Writing Worksheets
Printable tracing sheets with a QR learning companion
Open the tool →Questions about 翻江搅海
What does 翻江搅海 mean?
翻江搅海 (fān jiāng jiǎo hǎi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to create a huge commotion or stir”.
How do you pronounce 翻江搅海?
翻江搅海 is pronounced fān jiāng jiǎo hǎi in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 翻江搅海 literally mean?
Literally, 翻江搅海 means “Overturn rivers and stir up seas”. It is used to mean “to create a huge commotion or stir”.
What is the Chinese definition of 翻江搅海?
形容水势浩大。多喻力量或声势非常壮大。也形容吵闹得很凶或事情搞得乱七八糟。