上天入地 — Chinese idiom
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
Meaning
- lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades
- fig. to go to great lengths
- to search heaven and earth
Character by character
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
Idioms sharing a character
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 上当受骗 shàng dàng shòu piàn
- 上行下效 shàng xíng xià xiào
- 力争上游 lì zhēng shàng yóu
- 巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng
- 引鬼上门 yǐn guǐ shàng mén
- 后来居上 hòu lái jū shàng
- 成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn
- 承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià
- 拾级而上 shè jí ér shàng
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