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Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「從天而下」—details below.

Today’s idiom is 「從天而下」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

A metaphor for something that happens unexpectedly and suddenly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cóng tiān ér xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chung4 tin1 yi4 ha6

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