漫天遍野

Mandarin · pinyin màn tiān biàn yě

Meanings

  1. lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere
  2. 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
野
yě · open country, field; wilderness
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4–1–4–3 · man4 tian1 bian4 ye3

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maan6 tin1 pin3 je5

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漫天遍野 · man4 tian1 bian4 ye3
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Exact source record漫天遍野 漫天遍野 [man4 tian1 bian4 ye3] /lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere/as far as the eye can see/