銀河落九天

See also: 银河落九天

Chinese

		Milky Way	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	the Ninth Heaven
trad. (銀河落九天)		銀河	落	九天
simp. (银河落九天)		银河	落	九天

Etymology

飛流直下三千尺，疑是銀河落九天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: c. 701-762: Li Bai, Gazing at the Mount Lu waterfalls part two of two (望廬山瀑布水詩二首之二)

Fēi liú zhí xià sān qiān chǐ, yí shì yínhé luò jiǔtiān. [Pinyin]

The torrent flew through the air and dropped 3,000 feet straight down, it seemed as if the Milky way was falling from the Ninth Heaven.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínhé luò jiǔtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínhé luò jiǔtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínhé luò jiǒutian
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-ho² lo⁴ chiu³-tʻien¹
    • Yale: yín-hé lwò jyǒu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynher luoh jeoutian
    • Palladius: иньхэ ло цзютянь (inʹxɛ lo czjutjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ xɤ³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Idiom

銀河落九天

1. describes the way a waterfall's water comes down