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闹翻天

nào fān tiāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to create a big disturbance
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-7a7a0aed619535c0. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鬧翻天 闹翻天 [nao4 fan1 tian1] /to create a big disturbance/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 鬧翻天

  • 闹
    nào

    noisy / boisterous / bustling / lively / to make noise / to cause a disturbance / to express / to vent (feelings) / to experience (an illness, disaster, famine etc) / to fool around / to engage in (an activity, often vigorously or disruptively)

  • 翻
    fān

    to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

  • 天
    tiān

    day / sky / heaven

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.