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石破天驚

简石破天惊 · 繁石破天驚

Mandarin · pinyin shí pò tiān jīng

earth-shattering
breakthrough
remarkable and original work

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石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112
破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
驚: Look up this written character
惊: jīng · frighten, surprise, startle

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2–4–1–1 · shi2 po4 tian1 jing1

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(idiomatic) remarkably original and forceful; earth-shattering; sensational (of a message, opinion, etc.)

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