从天而降 — Chinese idiom
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
Traditional: 從天而降
Meaning
- to fall from the sky
- (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
Character by character
- 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 降jiàngto descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
Idioms sharing a character
- 力不从心 lì bù cóng xīn
- 名从主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén
- 喜从天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
- 从中作梗 cóng zhōng zuò gěng
- 从井救人 cóng jǐng jiù rén
- 从善如流 cóng shàn rú liú
- 从谏如流 cóng jiàn rú liú
- 从长计议 cóng cháng jì yì
- 投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng
- 舍正从邪 shě zhèng cóng xié
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