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遮天蔽日
Mandarin · pinyin zhē tiān bì rì
Meanings
- lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering
- omnipresent
- of universal importance
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1–1–4–4 · zhe1 tian1 bi4 ri4
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ze1 tin1 bai3 jat6
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phrase
- (idiomatic) extremely strong and vast
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