晴天霹雳 (晴天霹靂)
qíng tiān pī lì
Pinyin

Definition

晴天霹雳 (晴天霹靂)
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qíng tiān pī lì
  1. thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

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
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

Sample Sentences

有一次我在家里面非常悠哉地带孩子，突然发现我的尿布用光了，简直就是晴天霹雳！
yǒu yī cì wǒ zài jiā lǐmiàn fēicháng yōuzāi de dài háizi ，tūrán fāxiàn wǒ de niàobù yòng guāng le ，jiǎnzhí jiùshì qíngtiānpīlì ！
There was one time, I was taking care of my kid and relaxing. Then I found out I was out of diapers. It was a real bolt from the blue.
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我突然想起明天要考试，我完全没有复习，真是晴天霹雳呀！
wǒ tūrán xiǎngqǐ míngtiān yào kǎoshì ，wǒ wánquán méiyǒu fùxí ，zhēnshi qíngtiānpīlì ya ！
I just remembered that we have an exam tomorrow. I haven’t studied at all. It’s a bolt from the blue.
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