天旋地轉

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

Characters and words in 天旋地轉

天
tia̅n = ti + an1
day / sky / heaven
天 = 一 + 大 : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.
旋
xuán = xu + an2
to revolve / a loop / a circle
旋 = 方 + 𠂉 + 正 : Mnemonic symbol: a whirlwind.

Xu Xian (xu) is delivering packets in the anthill's kitchen (an2). First he has to disable the alarm, so he uses the key (𠂉) to open a square (方) and pushes the button. Next he whirls around the room delivering his packets so quickly that he creates a whirlwind (旋), which is so fierce that the stick figure (正) gets blown all around the room.
旋
xuàn = xu + an4
to whirl / immediately / variant of 鏇|镟[xuan4]
地
de = d + e5
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地
dì = di + Ø4
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
转
轉
zhuǎi = zhu + ai3
see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
转
轉
zhuǎn = zhu + an3
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
转 = 专 + 车 : In anthill, Julian Giant Squid drives a car to transfer a drink from the bar to the scientist's table.
转
轉
zhuàn = zhu + an4
to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions

Words with 天旋地轉

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Sentences with 天旋地轉

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