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鋪天蓋地

简铺天盖地 · 繁鋪天蓋地

Mandarin · pinyin pū tiān gài dì

(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)
(fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
蓋: Look up this written character
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
铺: pù · shop, store; place sleep, bed
盖: gài · cover, hide, protect

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1–1–4–4 · pu1 tian1 gai4 di4

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pou1 tin1 goi3 dei6

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(idiomatic) to flood in; earth-shattering; to be omnipresent; everywhere

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