遮天盖地 — “To blot out the sky and cover the earth”
遮天盖地 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cover a vast area, creating an overwhelming impression of size or multitude; to be so numerous or widespread as to obscure everything”. Literally, “To blot out the sky and cover the earth”.
遮天盖地 Pronunciation and Pinyin
遮天盖地 Character Breakdown
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More idioms starting with 遮
- zhē遮sān三mán瞒sì四to cover up in various ways
- zhē遮rén人yǎn眼mù目deceive or mislead people
- zhē遮rén人ěr耳mù目pull the wool over someone's eyes
- zhē遮qián前yǎn掩hòu后speak evasively
- zhē遮dì地màn漫tiān天vast in scale, covering ground and sky
- zhē遮dì地gài盖tiān天vast in scale or number
- zhē遮tiān天yā压dì地overwhelmingly numerous or immense
- zhē遮tiān天yìng映rì日immense in size, quantity, or grandeur
- zhē遮tiān天gài盖rì日immense in size or scale
- zhē遮tiān天bì蔽rì日overshadowing sky and obscuring sun
- zhē遮tiān天mí迷dì地vast, overwhelming scale
- zhē遮yǎn掩ěr耳mù目deceive people
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What does 遮天盖地 mean?
遮天盖地 (zhē tiān gài dì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cover a vast area, creating an overwhelming impression of size or multitude; to be so numerous or widespread as to obscure everything”.
How do you pronounce 遮天盖地?
遮天盖地 is pronounced zhē tiān gài dì in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 遮天盖地 literally mean?
Literally, 遮天盖地 means “to blot out the sky and cover the earth”. It is used to mean “to cover a vast area, creating an overwhelming impression of size or multitude; to be so numerous or widespread as to obscure everything”.
What is the Chinese definition of 遮天盖地?
形容数量多，占的面积大。