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天上不會掉餡餅
简 天上不会掉馅饼 · 繁 天上不會掉餡餅Mandarin · pinyin tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
Meanings
- there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 上
- shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 會
- huì · to assemble, meet together; a meeting; an organization
- 掉
- diào · turn, move; shake, wag; drop down
- 餡
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- 餅
- bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
- 会
- huì · assemble, meet together; meeting
- 馅
- xiàn · filling, stuffing; secret
- 饼
- bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
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Mandarin tones
1–4–4–4–4–4–3 · tian1 shang4 bu4 hui4 diao4 xian4 bing3
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