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青天霹靂

简青天霹雳 · 繁青天霹靂

Mandarin · pinyin qīng tiān pī lì

(lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom)
(fig.) a bolt from the blue

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青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
霹: pī · thunder, crashing thunder
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雳: lì · thunderclap, crashing thunder

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1–1–1–4 · qing1 tian1 pi1 li4

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cing1 tin1 pik1 lik1

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