







天崩地坍 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to a catastrophic upheaval or a monumental event”. Also describes an extremely loud, earth-shattering sound. Literally, “sky collapses earth caves in”.

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Open the tool →天崩地坍 (tiān bēng dì tān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to a catastrophic upheaval or a monumental event”.
天崩地坍 is pronounced tiān bēng dì tān in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 天崩地坍 means “sky collapses earth caves in”. It is used to mean “refers to a catastrophic upheaval or a monumental event”.
比喻重大的事变。也形容巨大的声响。同“天崩地坼”。