幕天席地

Chinese

		stage curtain; tent	day; sky; heaven	banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (幕天席地)		幕	天	席	地
simp. #(幕天席地)		幕	天	席	地
Literally: “to use the sky as a tent and the land as a sleeping mat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùtiānxídì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧˊ ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùtiānxídì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùtiansídì
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tʻien¹-hsi²-ti⁴
    • Yale: mù-tyān-syí-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhtianshyidih
    • Palladius: мутяньсиди (mutjanʹsidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵ ti⁵¹/

Idiom

幕天席地

1. to be in the outdoors
2. (figurative) to be open-minded and carefree