遮天压地 — “Cover the sky and press the earth”
遮天压地 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe something as overwhelmingly numerous or immense, covering the sky and pressing down on the earth; vast in scale and powerful in momentum”. Literally, “cover the sky and press the earth”.
遮天压地 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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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 遮天压地 mean?
遮天压地 (zhē tiān yā dì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe something as overwhelmingly numerous or immense, covering the sky and pressing down on the earth; vast in scale and powerful in momentum”.
How do you pronounce 遮天压地?
遮天压地 is pronounced zhē tiān yā dì in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 遮天压地 literally mean?
Literally, 遮天压地 means “cover the sky and press the earth”. It is used to mean “to describe something as overwhelmingly numerous or immense, covering the sky and pressing down on the earth; vast in scale and powerful in momentum”.
What is the Chinese definition of 遮天压地?
形容数量多。形容来势凶猛，弥漫充满于天地之间