Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「遮天映日」—details below.
Here, we present the idiom 「遮天映日」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Block out the sky and the sun. Used to describe things that are huge in size, large in number, or grand in momentum.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhē tiān yìng rì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
je1 tin1 ying2 yat6
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
