Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「天崩地裂」, with details below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「天崩地裂」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Like the sky falling and the earth splitting apart. A metaphor for major events.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiān bēng dì liè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tin1 bang1 dei6/dei2 lit6
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
