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上天入地

Mandarin · pinyin shàng tiān rù dì

Meanings

  1. lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. fig. to go to great lengths
  3. to search heaven and earth
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上
shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
入
rù · enter, come in(to), join
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
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4–1–4–4 · shang4 tian1 ru4 di4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng5 tin1 jap6 dei6

Cantonese word readings for 上天入地. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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soeng5 tin1 jap6 dei6

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上天入地 · shang4 tian1 ru4 di4
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Exact source record上天入地 上天入地 [shang4 tian1 ru4 di4] /lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)/fig. to go to great lengths/to search heaven and earth/