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
Chinese PinYin : hǎi shuǐ qún fēi
the whole country was in a state of upheaval
The defense of the people is better than the defense of Sichuan. fáng mín zhī kǒu,shèn yú fáng chuān
write well , fast and without need of revision. wén wú jiā diǎn
would rather break than bend. nìng zhé bù wān
a dragon 's head and a snake 's tail. lóng tóu shé wěi
seeing the name of a thing one thinks of its function. gù míng sī yì
inspire awe throughout the country. wēi zhèn tiān xià