一到 就把京海搅得天翻地覆
“As soon as he arrived, he threw Jinghai into turmoil.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一到 就把京海搅得 天翻地覆
“As soon as he arrived, he threw Jinghai into turmoil.”
说实话
“To be honest,”
“This guy is dangerous and has already thrown everything into utter chaos.”
Incoming officials dispatched to clean up local corruption frequently face resistance because they upset entrenched interests and delicate balances of power.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
turned upside down; complete upheaval
A set idiomatic expression (chengyu) used to describe radical and chaotic transformation.
stirred up to the extent of
Combines the verb 'to stir/disrupt' with a complement marker to show the dramatic result.