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上天入地

Mandarin · pinyin shàng tiān rù dì

lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
fig. to go to great lengths
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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soeng5 tin1 jap6 dei6

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