天崩地裂
tiān bēng dì liè
Pinyin

Definition

天崩地裂
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tiān bēng dì liè
  1. heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. fig. violent revolution
  3. major social upheaval

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success