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漫天遍地

Mandarin · pinyin màn tiān biàn dì

lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom)
fig. everywhere; as far as the eye can see

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漫: màn · overflow of water; spreading
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
遍: biàn · everywhere, all over, throughout
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region

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4–1–4–4 · man4 tian1 bian4 di4

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maan6 tin1 pin3 dei6

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