We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「山崩地塌」, with its usage explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「山崩地塌」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Mountains collapsed and the earth collapsed. Same as “landslide and collapse”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shān bēng dì tā
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saan1 bang1 dei6/dei2 taap3
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.

