the whole country was in a state of upheaval

the whole country was in a state of upheaval

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ǎ ishu ǐ Q ú NF ē I, which means that the country is not peaceful and the society is not stable. It comes from taixuanjing opera.

The origin of Idioms

Yang Xiong's taixuanjing opera in the Han Dynasty: "the sea and the water are flying, and it is impossible to speak."

Idiom usage

It refers to the situation of a country.

Examples

Since Yong'an, Wei's room has been damaged, the sea and water are flying, and the stars are in disorder. Yu Xin's biography of kaigong qiunaidunchong in Guanghua County