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Open the tool →戴玄履黄 (dài xuán lǚ huáng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live under the sky and tread upon the earth”.
戴玄履黄 is pronounced dài xuán lǚ huáng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 戴玄履黄 means “Wearing the dark (sky) and treading the yellow (earth)”. It is used to mean “to live under the sky and tread upon the earth”.
犹戴天履地。玄指天,黄指地。形容人活在天地之间。