be able to turn the tide of world events
Turn the world around, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu á nzhu ǎ nqi á NK ū n, meaning to turn the world around. Metaphor fundamentally changes the social outlook or situation. It also means that people have great courage. It comes from Xie Shangbiao, the governor of Chaozhou.
The origin of Idioms
"Since your majesty ascended the throne, he has personally listened to the judgment and turned the world around," Han Yu of Tang Dynasty wrote
Idiom usage
It refers to a person with great courage. If you think that you have used the power to borrow one from the city, you must have contributed to it. (the 24th chapter of Nie Hai Hua by Zeng Pu in Qing Dynasty).
be able to turn the tide of world events
the grains grow luxuriantly among the ruins of the former capital - shǔ lí mài xiù
though one has a country , one can not return to it - yǒu guó nán tóu
covering the dagger with a smile - xiào lǐ cáng dāo
A hundred actions are better than one silence - bǎi dòng bù rú yī jìng