晴天打霹雳 — “A sudden, unexpected, and shocking event”
晴天打霹雳 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a sudden, unexpected, and shocking event”. A bolt from the blue. Literally, “Thunderbolt on a clear day; lightning from a clear sky”.
晴天打霹雳 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 晴天打霹雳 mean?
晴天打霹雳 (qíng tiān dǎ pī lì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a sudden, unexpected, and shocking event”.
How do you pronounce 晴天打霹雳?
晴天打霹雳 is pronounced qíng tiān dǎ pī lì in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 晴天打霹雳 literally mean?
Literally, 晴天打霹雳 means “Thunderbolt on a clear day; lightning from a clear sky”. It is used to mean “a sudden, unexpected, and shocking event”.
What is the Chinese definition of 晴天打霹雳?
晴天打响雷。比喻突然发生意外的令人震惊的事件