從天而降

See also: 从天而降

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	day; sky; heaven	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
trad. (從天而降)		從	天	而	降
simp. (从天而降)		从	天	而	降
Literally: “to drop from the sky”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóngtiān'érjiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóngtiān'érjiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóngtian-érjiàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-tʻien¹-êrh²-chiang⁴
    • Yale: tsúng-tyān-ér-jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngtianerljianq
    • Palladius: цунтяньэрцзян (cuntjanʹerczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³
    • Yale: chùhng tīn yìh gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ tin¹ yi⁴ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/

Idiom

從天而降

1. to happen all of a sudden; to happen out of the blue; to come out of nowhere

Synonyms

• 自天而下 (zìtiān'érxià)