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