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天崩地裂

Mandarin · pinyin tiān bēng dì liè

heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
fig. violent revolution
major social upheaval

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
崩: bēng · rupture, split apart, collapse
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
裂: liè · split, crack, break open; rend

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1–1–4–4 · tian1 beng1 di4 lie4

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tin1 bang1 dei6 lit6

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