青天霹雳 — Chinese idiom
青天霹雳
qīng tiān pī lì
Traditional: 青天霹靂
Meaning
- (lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky
- (fig.) a bolt from the blue
Character by character
- 青qīngnature's color; blue, green, black; young
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 霹pīthunderclap, crashing thunder
- 雳lìthunderclap, crashing thunder
Idioms sharing a character
- 名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ
- 炉火纯青 lú huǒ chún qīng
- 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān
- 万古长青 wàn gǔ cháng qīng
- 踏青赏春 tà qīng shǎng chūn
- 踏青赏花 tà qīng shǎng huā
- 雨过天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng
- 青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì
- 青山绿水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ
- 青春不再 qīng chūn bù zài
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