撅天扑地 — “To search high and low”

撅天扑地 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to search high and low”. To scour every corner; to exhaustively collect or exploit.

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撅天扑地 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Character	Pinyin	Strokes	Meaning
撅	juē	15	stick up, pout, break
天	tiān	4	sky, heaven, day, nature
扑	pū	5	pat, pounce, or throw oneself
地	dì	6	earth, ground, land, place

为了凑齐这笔钱，他只好撅天扑地地四处借贷。

To gather this sum of money, he had no choice but to scour everywhere for loans.

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What does 撅天扑地 mean?

撅天扑地 (juē tiān pū dì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to search high and low”.

How do you pronounce 撅天扑地?

撅天扑地 is pronounced juē tiān pū dì in Mandarin Chinese.

What is the Chinese definition of 撅天扑地?

形容尽量搜括。