彌天

简 弥天 · 繁 彌天
Mandarin · pinyin mí tiān

Meanings

  1. filling the entire sky
  2. covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
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天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
弥
mí · extensive, full; fill; complete
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2–1 · mi2 tian1

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verb

  1. (literary) to blanket the skies

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