漫天
màn tiān
Pinyin
Definition
漫天
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- lit. to fill the whole sky
- everywhere
- as far as the eye can see
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
- 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
- 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
Sample Sentences
是吗?现在我知道,不止可能被宰,还会被拒载呀!我朋友就曾经遇过司机漫天要价的,听得我好心寒啊!
Is that so? Now that I know that, I might not only be ripped off, but I might also be refused a ride! My friend says that she's had experiences where the taxi driver asks for totally ridiculous prices. It makes me so disheartened hearing stuff like this.